Convert a known dynamic viscosity between SI, CGS, and pound-mass engineering units without fluid-property assumptions.
Dynamic viscosity describes resistance to shear or relative motion between fluid layers. The SI unit is the pascal-second (Pa·s).
This converter changes the unit of a known value only. It does not estimate viscosity from a fluid, temperature, pressure, composition, or measurement.
target = source × source factor to Pa·s ÷ target factor to Pa·s1 Pa·s = 1 kg/(m·s) = 1 N·s/m²1 P = 0.1 Pa·s = 100 cP1 cP = 0.001 Pa·s = 1 mPa·s1 cP × 0.001 = 0.001 Pa·s; therefore 1,000 cP equals 1 Pa·s.
1 Pa·s ÷ 0.001 = 1,000 cP.
1 P × 0.1 = 0.1 Pa·s, while 1 Pa·s equals 10 P.
Using exact pound-mass and foot constants, 1 lb/(ft·s) is about 1.48816394357 Pa·s and 1 Pa·s is about 0.67196897514 lb/(ft·s).
Pa·s and cP describe dynamic viscosity; m²/s and cSt describe kinematic viscosity.
A conversion does not correct a measured value for temperature, pressure, or composition.
The customary units here use pound-mass, not pound-force.
One Pa·s is exactly one kg/(m·s). Millipascal-seconds and micropascal-seconds scale the same SI quantity by powers of ten.
Poise is the CGS unit g/(cm·s). One poise equals 0.1 Pa·s, while one centipoise equals one millipascal-second.
The lb/(ft·s) and lb/(ft·h) factors use the exact international pound and foot. The numerator is pound-mass, not pound-force.
Dynamic viscosity uses Pa·s or cP. Kinematic viscosity uses m²/s or cSt. Converting between them requires density, so this converter does not provide cP-to-cSt conversion.
Density, pressure, flow rate, force, and dynamic viscosity are distinct quantities. The occurrence of Pa in Pa·s does not make it a pressure unit.
Multiply by the source factor to Pa·s and divide by the target factor.
The SI unit is the pascal-second, Pa·s.
It is the dynamic viscosity unit equivalent to kg/(m·s) or N·s/m².
There are 1,000 cP in 1 Pa·s.
One cP equals 0.001 Pa·s.
Yes. Both equal 0.001 Pa·s.
One poise equals 100 cP.
A centipoise is one hundredth of a poise.
Multiply by the exact pound-mass-per-foot-second factor, approximately 1.48816394357.
No. Kinematic viscosity is dynamic viscosity divided by density.
No. That conversion requires the fluid density.
They represent different quantities connected by kinematic viscosity = dynamic viscosity ÷ density.
No. They have different dimensions and meanings.
No. Pa·s is dynamic viscosity; Pa alone is pressure.
It uses pound-mass. Pound-force is written lbf and is not included here.
Ordinary dynamic-viscosity magnitude is nonnegative, so this converter rejects negative values.