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daN force Value? 1

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Does anyone know what the "da" of daN is? It is clearly some scale factor of Newtons.
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Fun isn't it? da is the French inspired abbreviation for deca, ie 10. So 1 daN=10N, or roughly 1 kgf, which I think probably explains its popularity.



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Greg Locock
 
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