Orders of magnitude (force)

The following list shows different orders of magnitude of force.

Examples 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[1]
10−30 quectonewton (qN)	8.9 qN	Weight of an electron[1]
10−26	16 rN	Weight of a hydrogen atom[1]
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[2][3]
10−22	170 yN	Force measured in a 2010 experiment by perturbing 60 beryllium-9 ions[4][5]
10−18 attonewton (aN)
10−17	30 aN	Smallest force of gravity measured[6][7]
10−15 femtonewton (fN)
10−14	~10 fN	Brownian motion force on an E. coli bacterium averaged over 1 second[8]
	~10 fN	Weight of an E. coli bacterium[9][10]
10−13	~100 fN	Force to stretch double-stranded DNA to 50% relative extension[8]
10−12 piconewton (pN)	~4 pN	Force to break a hydrogen bond[8]
	~5 pN	Maximum force of a molecular motor[8]
10−11
10−10	~160 pN	Force to break a typical noncovalent bond[8]
10−9 nanonewton (nN)	~1.6 nN	Force to break a typical covalent bond[8]
10−8	~82nN	Force on an electron in a hydrogen atom[1]
10−7	~200nN	Force between two 1 meter long conductors, 1 meter apart by an outdated definition of one ampere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[11]
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[12]
10−1

1 N and above

Magnitude	Value	Item
1 N	1.4 N	The weight of a smartphone[13][14]
	2.5 N	Typical thrust of a Dual-Stage 4-Grid ion thruster.
	9.8 N	One kilogram-force, nominal weight of a 1 kg (2.2 lb) object at sea level on Earth[15]
10 N	50 N	Average force to break the shell of a chicken egg from a young hen[16]
102 N	720 N	Average force of human bite, measured at molars[17]
103 N kilonewton (kN)	5 kN	The force applied by the engine of a small car during peak acceleration[citation needed]
	8 kN	The maximum force achieved by weight lifters during a 'clean and jerk' lift[18] (During the clean part)
	9 kN	The bite force of one adult American alligator[19]
104 N	16.5 kN	The bite force of a 5.2 m (17 ft) saltwater crocodile[20]
	18 kN	The estimated bite force of a 6.1 m (20 ft) adult great white shark[21]
	25 kN	Approximate force applied by the motors of a Tesla Model S during maximal acceleration[22]
	25.5 to 34.5 kN	The estimated bite force of a large 6.7 m (22 ft) adult saltwater crocodile[23]
105 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[24]
	569 kN	Maximum thrust of a large turbofan engine (General Electric GE90)
	890 kN	Maximum pulling force (tractive effort) of a single large diesel-electric locomotive[1]
106 N meganewton (MN)	1.8 MN	Thrust of Space Shuttle Main Engine at lift-off[25][26][27]
	1.9 MN	Weight of the largest blue whale[1]
107 N	35 MN	Thrust of Saturn V rocket at lift-off[28]
108 N	570 MN	Simplistic estimate of force of sunlight on Earth[29]
109 N giganewton (GN)	8.99 GN	Force between two charges of 1 coulomb placed 1 meter apart
1020 N	200 EN	Gravitational attraction between Earth and Moon[30]
1022 N	35 ZN	Gravitational attraction between Earth and Sun[31]
1029 N	≈810 RN	Gravitational attraction between our Galaxy and Andromeda Galaxy[32]
1044 N	1.2×1014 QN	Planck force