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Use this page to convert poundal values into newton, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.

1 pdl = 0.138254954376 N

1 N = 7.23301385120989 pdl

Example: 10 pdl = 1.38254954376 N

Poundal (pdl) is represented in this converter as 0.138254954376 newtons.

History: Poundal comes from customary, gravitational, CGS, or older engineering measurement systems.

Current use: Poundal conversions help compare legacy and specialist force values with newtons, kilogram-force, and pound-force.

Also written as pdl.

A newton is the force needed to accelerate one kilogram by one meter per second squared.

History: The unit is named after Isaac Newton and is part of the SI system.

Current use: Newtons are used in physics, engineering, mechanics, and force specifications.

Also written as N, newtons.