Below 1 N
| Factor (N) | Value | Item |
|---|---|---|
| 10−47 |
3.6×10−47 N | Gravitational attraction of the proton and the electron in hydrogen atom |
| 10−30 |
8.9×10−30 N | Weight of an electron |
| 10−26 |
1.6×10−26 N | 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 |
| 10−15 femtonewton (fN) |
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| 10−14 | ~10 fN | Brownian motion force on an E. coli bacterium averaged over 1 second |
| ~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 |
| ~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 |
8.2×10−8 N | Force on an electron in a hydrogen atom |
| 10−7 |
2×10−7 N | Force between two 1 meter long conductors, 1 meter apart by the 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) |
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| 10−2 | 19-92 mN | Thrust of the NSTAR ion engine tested on NASA's space probe Deep Space 1 |
| 10−1 |
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