A kilogram-force per square centimeter (kgf/cm), often just kilogram per square centimeter (kg/cm), or kilopond per square centimeter is a unit of pressure using metric units. Its use is now deprecated; it is not a part of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system. Still, kg/cm remains active as a measurement of force primarily due to older torque measurement devices still in use. The unit is similar to the English unit psi...
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A kilogram-force per square centimeter (kgf/cm), often just kilogram per square centimeter (kg/cm), or kilopond per square centimeter is a unit of pressure using metric units. Its use is now deprecated; it is not a part of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system. Still, kg/cm remains active as a measurement of force primarily due to older torque measurement devices still in use. The unit is similar to the English unit psi (lbf/in).
In SI units, the unit is converted to the SI derived unit pascal (Pa), which is defined as one newton per square meter (N/m). A newton is equal to a kg·m/s, and a kilogram-force is 9.80665 newtons, meaning that 1 kgf/cm equals 98.0665 kilopascals.
In some older publications, kilogram-force per square centimeter is abbreviated ksc instead of kg/cm.
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