Ton-force (short) (tonf (US))

US customaryTraditional unit (still used in some regions)

2,000 pounds-force (8.896 kN), the weight of a short ton.

1 ton-force (short) = 8,896.443231 newtons (approximately).

1 ton-force (short) = 8,896.443231 newtons

About the ton-force (short)

A ton-force turns a ton of mass into the force it exerts under standard gravity, and the short ton-force is the American version. It equals 2,000 pounds-force, or 8.896443 kilonewtons, which is also about 907.18 kilogram-force. The word ton is ambiguous, so the short qualifier separates it from its neighbors.

Two relatives share the name. The long ton-force, based on the 2,240 pound British ton, is 9.964 kilonewtons, and the metric tonne-force, equal to 1,000 kilogram-force, is 9.80665 kilonewtons. A short ton-force is therefore about 0.893 of a long ton-force and about 0.907 of a tonne-force.

All three use the standard gravity of 9.80665 meters per second squared, so none depends on the place where a load is weighed. American engineers meet the unit in press ratings, crane and hoist capacities and structural loads, and it is one kip doubled. SI documents give the same figures in kilonewtons.

Sources: Wikipedia: Ton-force; Wikipedia: Short ton; Wikipedia: Pound (force)

Ton-force (short) conversion chart

1 ton-force (short) expressed in every other force unit:

Unit1 ton-force (short)
Newtons8,896.443231
Kilonewtons8.896443231
Pounds-force2,000
Kilograms-force907.18474
Meganewtons0.008896443231
Millinewtons8,896,443.231
Ounces-force32,000
Grams-force907,184.74
Poundals64,348.09711
Dynes889,644,323.1
Kips2
Tons-force (long)0.8928571429
Tonnes-force0.90718474
Sthènes8.896443231

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