page_title: Kilogram-force per square centimetre
hierarchical_section_title: Kilogram-force per square centimetre
caption_attribution_description: English: Close-up of the pressure dials inside the steam locomotive parked at Da Lat Railway Station. These dials were "Made in USSR" in 1974, and they measure pressure in kilogram-force per square centimeter (kgf/cm2).
context_page_description: A kilogram-force per centimetre square, often just kilogram per square centimetre, or kilopond per centimetre square is a deprecated unit of pressure using metric units. It is not a part of the International System of Units, the modern metric system. 1 kgf/cm² equals 98.0665 kPa. It is also known as a technical atmosphere.
  The kilogram-force per square centimetre remains active as a measurement of force primarily due to older pressure measurement devices still in use.
  This use of the unit of pressure provides an intuitive understanding for how a body's mass can apply force to a scale's surface area i.e.kilogram-force per square metre.
  In SI units, the unit is converted to the SI derived unit pascal, which is defined as one newton per square metre. A newton is equal to 1 kg⋅m/s², and a kilogram-force is 9.80665 N, meaning that 1 kgf/cm² equals 98.0665 kilopascals.
  In some older publications, kilogram-force per square centimetre is abbreviated ksc instead of kg/cm².
context_section_description: A kilogram-force per centimetre square (kgf/cm²), often just kilogram per square centimetre (kg/cm²), or kilopond per centimetre square is a deprecated unit of pressure using metric units. It is not a part of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system. 1 kgf/cm² equals 98.0665 kPa (kilopascals). It is also known as a technical atmosphere (symbol: at).
  The kilogram-force per square centimetre remains active as a measurement of force primarily due to older pressure measurement devices still in use.
  This use of the unit of pressure provides an intuitive understanding for how a body's mass can apply force to a scale's surface area i.e.kilogram-force per square (centi-)metre. 
  In SI units, the unit is converted to the SI derived unit pascal (Pa), which is defined as one newton per square metre (N/m²). A newton is equal to 1 kg⋅m/s², and a kilogram-force is 9.80665 N, meaning that 1 kgf/cm² equals 98.0665 kilopascals (kPa).
  In some older publications, kilogram-force per square centimetre is abbreviated ksc instead of kg/cm².
caption: Soviet-made pressure gauges using kgf/cm2
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