Convert Stokes to Square millimetres per minute
Convert Stokes (St) to Square millimetres per minute (mm²/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
mm²/min = St × 6000
About Stokes
The stoke (St) equals 1 cm²/s = 10⁻⁴ m²/s, the CGS unit of kinematic viscosity named after Sir George Gabriel Stokes. Its hundredth part, the centistoke, is now dominant, but the stoke still appears in older fluid-mechanics texts and archival API and ASTM data. Water at 20 °C ≈ 0.01004 St; air at 20 °C ≈ 0.1516 St. 1 St = 100 cSt = 10⁻⁴ m²/s.
About Square millimetres per minute
The square millimetre per minute (mm²/min) equals 1/(6 × 10⁷) m²/s ≈ 1.667 × 10⁻⁸ m²/s. It is used in polymer-film formation and printing-ink diffusion studies where minute-scale time resolution is more convenient. 1 mm²/min = 1/60 cSt.
Quick Reference Table
| Stokes (St) | Square millimetres per minute (mm²/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 St | 6000 mm²/min |
| 2 St | 12000 mm²/min |
| 5 St | 30000 mm²/min |
| 10 St | 60000 mm²/min |
| 25 St | 150000 mm²/min |
| 50 St | 300000 mm²/min |
| 100 St | 600000 mm²/min |