# Orders of magnitude (force)

The following list shows different orders of magnitude of force.
Since weight under gravity is a force, several of these examples refer to the weight of various objects. Unless otherwise stated, these are weights under average Earth gravity at sea level.

## Below 1 N

| Factor (N) | Value | Item |
| 10$^{−47}$ | 3.6×10$^{−17}$ qN | Gravitational attraction of the proton and the electron in hydrogen atom |
| 10$^{−30}$ quectonewton (qN) | 8.9 qN | Weight of an electron |
| 10$^{−26}$ | 16 rN | Weight of a hydrogen atom |
| 10$^{−24}$ yoctonewton (yN) | 5 yN | Force necessary to synchronize the motion of a single trapped ion with an external signal measured in a 2010 experiment |
| 10$^{−22}$ | 170 yN | Force measured in a 2010 experiment by perturbing 60 beryllium-9 ions |
| 10$^{−18}$ attonewton (aN) | |
| 10$^{−17}$ | 30 aN | Smallest force of gravity measured |
| 10$^{−15}$ femtonewton (fN) | |
| 10$^{−14}$ | ~10 fN | Brownian motion force on an E. coli bacterium averaged over 1 second |
| 10$^{−14}$ | ~10 fN | Weight of an E. coli bacterium |
| 10$^{−13}$ | ~100 fN | Force to stretch double-stranded DNA to 50% relative extension |
| 10$^{−12}$ piconewton (pN) | ~4 pN | Force to break a hydrogen bond |
| 10$^{−12}$ piconewton (pN) | ~5 pN | Maximum force of a molecular motor |
| 10$^{−11}$ | |
| 10$^{−10}$ | ~160 pN | Force to break a typical noncovalent bond |
| 10$^{−9}$ nanonewton (nN) | ~1.6 nN | Force to break a typical covalent bond |
| 10$^{−8}$ | ~82nN | Force on an electron in a hydrogen atom |
| 10$^{−7}$ | ~200nN | Force between two 1 meter long conductors, 1 meter apart by an outdated definition of one ampere |
| 10$^{−6}$ micronewton (μN) | 1–150 μN | Output of FEEP ion thrusters used in NASA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
| 10$^{−4}$ | |
| 10$^{−3}$ millinewton (mN) | 2-4 mN | EQUULEUS § Propulsion |
| 10$^{−2}$ | 19-92 mN | Thrust of the NSTAR ion engine tested on NASA's space probe Deep Space 1 |
| 10$^{−1}$ | | |

## 1 N and above

| Magnitude | Value | Item |
| 1 N | 1.4 N | The weight of a smartphone |
| 1 N | 2.5 N | Typical thrust of a Dual-Stage 4-Grid ion thruster. |
| 1 N | 9.8 N | One kilogram-force, nominal weight of a 1 kg (2.2 lb) object at sea level on Earth |
| 10 N | 50 N | Average force to break the shell of a chicken egg from a young hen |
| 10$^2$ N | 720 N | Average force of human bite, measured at molars |
| 10$^3$ N kilonewton (kN) | 5 kN | The force applied by the engine of a small car during peak acceleration |
| 10$^3$ N kilonewton (kN) | 8 kN | The maximum force achieved by weight lifters during a 'clean and jerk' lift (During the clean part) |
| 10$^3$ N kilonewton (kN) | 9 kN | The bite force of one adult American alligator |
| 10$^4$ N | 16.5 kN | The bite force of a 5.2 m (17 ft) saltwater crocodile |
| 10$^4$ N | 18 kN | The estimated bite force of a 6.1 m (20 ft) adult great white shark |
| 10$^4$ N | 25 kN | Approximate force applied by the motors of a Tesla Model S during maximal acceleration |
| 10$^4$ N | 25.5 to 34.5 kN | The estimated bite force of a large 6.7 m (22 ft) adult saltwater crocodile |
| 10$^5$ N | 100 kN | The average force applied by seatbelt and airbag to a restrained passenger in a car which hits a stationary barrier at 100 km/h |
| 10$^5$ N | 569 kN | Maximum thrust of a large turbofan engine (General Electric GE90) |
| 10$^5$ N | 890 kN | Maximum pulling force (tractive effort) of a single large diesel-electric locomotive |
| 10$^6$ N meganewton (MN) | 1.8 MN | Thrust of Space Shuttle Main Engine at lift-off |
| 10$^6$ N meganewton (MN) | 1.9 MN | Weight of the largest Blue Whale |
| 10$^7$ N | 35 MN | Thrust of Saturn V rocket at lift-off |
| 10$^8$ N | 570 MN | Simplistic estimate of force of sunlight on Earth |
| 10$^9$ N giganewton (GN) | | |
| 10$^{20}$ N | 200 EN | Gravitational attraction between Earth and Moon |
| 10$^{22}$ N | 35 ZN | Gravitational attraction between Earth and Sun |
| 10$^{29}$ N | ≈810 RN | Gravitational attraction between our Galaxy and Andromeda Galaxy |
| 10$^{44}$ N | 1.2×10$^{14}$ QN | Planck force |