erg per square centimeter
Surface tensionexact by definition
The erg per square centimetre is the CGS surface energy unit, exactly 10⁻³ N/m, and numerically equal to both the dyne per centimetre and the millinewton per metre. Water at 20 °C is 72.8 erg/cm², the same number as 72.8 mN/m.
Watch out: The numerical identity of dyn/cm, erg/cm² and mN/m is the reason surface tension values have survived unchanged through every unit reform. A table from 1930 in dyn/cm can be read directly as mN/m with no conversion at all.
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One erg per square centimeter in every surface tension unit
| 1,000 | micronewton per meter (μN/m) | |
| 1 | millinewton per meter (mN/m) | |
| 1 | dyne per centimeter (dyn/cm) | |
| 1 | millijoule per square meter (mJ/m²) | |
| 1 | erg per square centimeter (erg/cm²)this unit | |
| 0.00101972 | gram-force per centimeter (gf/cm) | |
| 0.001 | newton per meter (N/m) | |
| 0.001 | joule per square meter (J/m²) | |
| 0.0000685218 | pound-force per foot (lbf/ft) | |
| 0.00000571015 | pound-force per inch (lbf/in) |
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