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Absolute or Dynamic Viscosity Online Converter

Convert between dynamic or absolute viscosity units - Poiseuille, Poise, centPoise and more.

Dynamic (Absolute) Viscosity Units Online Calculator

The calculator below can be used to convert between common absolute or dynamic viscosity units:

Value (use period as decimal point)

Poiseuille (Pa s)

Poise (dyne s/cm², g/cm s)

centiPoise

kg/m h

kg_f s/m²

lb_f s/inch²(Reyns)

lb_f s/ft²

lb_f h/ft²

lb/ft s

lb/ft h

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A Dynamic or Absolute Viscosity Units Converting Table

The table below can be used to convert between common dynamic or absolute viscosity units.

Multiply by
Convert from	Convert to
Convert from	Poiseuille (Pa s)	Poise (dyne s/cm²) (g/cm s)	centiPoise	kg/m h	kg_f s/m²
Poiseuille (Pa s)	1	10	10³	3.63 10³	0.102
Poise (dyne s/cm²) (g/cm s)	0.1	1	100	360	0.0102
centiPoise	0.001	0.01	1	3.6	0.00012
kg/m h	2.78 10^-4	0.00278	0.278	1	2.83 10^-5
kg_f s/m²	9.81	98.1	9.81 10³	3.53 10⁴	1
lb_fs/inch²(Reyns)	6.89 10³	6.89 10⁴	6.89 10⁶	2.48 10⁷	703
lb_f s/ft²	47.9	479	4.79 10⁴	1.72 10⁵	0.0488
lb_f h/ft²	1.72 10⁵	1.72 10⁶	1.72 10⁸	6.21 10⁸	1.76 10⁴
lb/ft s	1.49	14.9	1.49 10³	5.36 10³	0.152
lb/ft h	4.13 10^-4	0.00413	0.413	1.49	4.22 10^-5

Multiply by
Convert from	Convert to
Convert from	lb_f s/inch²(Reyns)	lb_f s/ft²	lb_f h/ft²	lb/ft s	lb/ft h
Poiseuille (Pa s)	1.45 10^-4	0.0209	5.8 10^-6	0.672	2.42 10³
Poise (dyne s/cm² = g/cm s)	1.45 10^-5	0.00209	5.8 10^-7	0.0672	242
centiPoise	1.45 10^-7	2.09 10^-5	5.8 10^-9	0.000672	2.42
kg/m h	4.03 10^-8	5.8 10^-6	1.61 10^-9	0.000187	0.672
kg_f s/m²	0.00142	20.5	5.69 10^-5	6.59	2.37 10⁴
lb_fs/inch²	1	144	0.04	4.63 10³	1.67 10⁷
lb_f s/ft²	0.00694	1	0.000278	32.2	1.16 10⁵
lb_f h/ft²	25	3.6 10³	1	1.16 10⁵	4.17 10⁸
lb/ft s	0.000216	0.0311	8.63 10^-6	1	3.6 10³
lb/ft h	6 10-⁸	8.633 10^-6	2.4 10^-9	0.000278	1

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Common Dynamic or Absolute Viscosity Units

1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 1000 Centipoise
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 10 Dyne second / centimetre²
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.0102 Gram force seconds / centimetre²
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 10 Gram / centimetre second
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.102 Kilogram force seconds / metre²
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 3600 Kilogram / metre hour
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 1 Kilogram / metre second
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 10⁷ Micropoise
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 1 Newton Second / metre²
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 10 Poise
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.0209 Pound force seconds / ft²
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.000145 Pound force seconds / in²
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 2419.1 Pound / foot hour
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.672 Pound / foot second
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.056 Pound / inch second
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.672 Poundal seconds / ft²
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.000145 Reyn
1 Pascal second (Poiseuille) = 0.0209 Slugs / foot second

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