N/cm\text{N/cm}

newton per centimeter

Spring constantexact by definition

The newton per centimetre is exactly 100 newtons per metre, an exact decimal relation. It is a convenient scale for small mechanical springs, where a rate in N/m runs to inconveniently large numbers for a spring that compresses a few centimetres under a modest load.

1 N/cm\text{N/cm} 100 N/m\text{N/m}

One newton per centimeter in every spring constant unit

100,000millinewton per meter (mN/m)
100newton per meter (N/m)
6.85218pound-force per foot (lbf/ft)
1newton per centimeter (N/cm)this unit
0.571015pound-force per inch (lbf/in)
0.101972kilogram-force per centimeter (kgf/cm)
0.1kilonewton per meter (kN/m)
0.1newton per millimeter (N/mm)
0.0101972kilogram-force per millimeter (kgf/mm)
0.00685218kip per foot (kip/ft)
0.000571015kip per inch (kip/in)
0.0001meganewton per meter (MN/m)