Convert Square centimetres per hour to Square feet per minute

Convert Square centimetres per hour (cm²/h) to Square feet per minute (ft²/min) instantly and accurately.

Square centimetres per hour (cm²/h)
Square feet per minute (ft²/min)

Conversion Formula

ft²/min = cm²/h × 1.793985069e-5

About Square centimetres per hour

The square centimetre per hour (cm²/h) equals 1/36 000 000 m²/s. Environmental geophysicists use cm²/h when measuring heat flow in sedimentary rock columns or permafrost layers. Granite has a diffusivity of ≈36 cm²/h; dry sand ≈9 cm²/h. 1 cm²/h = 1e-4/3600 m²/s ≈ 2.778 × 10⁻⁸ m²/s.

About Square feet per minute

The square foot per minute (ft²/min) equals ≈1.548 × 10⁻³ m²/s, an uncommon transitional unit appearing in some older US industrial furnace design charts and heat-treatment process sheets where holding times are expressed in minutes. 1 ft²/min = 60 ft²/h = 0.09290304/60 m²/s ≈1.548 × 10⁻³ m²/s.

Quick Reference Table

Square centimetres per hour (cm²/h)Square feet per minute (ft²/min)
1 cm²/h1.794 × 10-5 ft²/min
2 cm²/h3.588 × 10-5 ft²/min
5 cm²/h8.97 × 10-5 ft²/min
10 cm²/h0.000179399 ft²/min
25 cm²/h0.000448496 ft²/min
50 cm²/h0.000896993 ft²/min
100 cm²/h0.00179399 ft²/min

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