gf/cm\text{gf/cm}

gram-force per centimeter

Surface tensionexact by definition

The gram-force per centimetre is exactly 0.980665 N/m. It appears in older tensiometry and in peel and adhesion testing, where a balance reading in grams and a sample width in centimetres were the raw measurement.

1 gf/cm\text{gf/cm} 980.665 mN/m\text{mN/m}

One gram-force per centimeter in every surface tension unit

980,665micronewton per meter (μN/m)
980.665millinewton per meter (mN/m)
980.665dyne per centimeter (dyn/cm)
980.665millijoule per square meter (mJ/m²)
980.665erg per square centimeter (erg/cm²)
1gram-force per centimeter (gf/cm)this unit
0.980665newton per meter (N/m)
0.980665joule per square meter (J/m²)
0.0671969pound-force per foot (lbf/ft)
0.00559974pound-force per inch (lbf/in)