Convert Square centimetres per second to Square decimetres per second
Convert Square centimetres per second (cm²/s) to Square decimetres per second (dm²/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
dm²/s = cm²/s × 0.01
About Square centimetres per second
The square centimetre per second (cm²/s) equals 1 × 10⁻⁴ m²/s and is the CGS unit for thermal diffusivity, sometimes called the stokes by analogy with kinematic viscosity. Pre-SI thermophysics literature and many older reference databases list values in cm²/s: iron ≈0.18 cm²/s; aluminium ≈0.84 cm²/s; water ≈1.4 × 10⁻³ cm²/s. 1 cm²/s = 1 × 10⁻⁴ m²/s.
About Square decimetres per second
The square decimetre per second (dm²/s) equals exactly 0.01 m²/s, a rarely used but exact-ratio metric unit. It is occasionally encountered in European academic papers on molten metals and liquid semiconductors, where diffusivity values in m²/s are small fractions and dm²/s gives more convenient numeric magnitudes. 1 dm²/s = 1e-2 m²/s = 100 cm²/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Square centimetres per second (cm²/s) | Square decimetres per second (dm²/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 cm²/s | 0.01 dm²/s |
| 2 cm²/s | 0.02 dm²/s |
| 5 cm²/s | 0.05 dm²/s |
| 10 cm²/s | 0.1 dm²/s |
| 25 cm²/s | 0.25 dm²/s |
| 50 cm²/s | 0.5 dm²/s |
| 100 cm²/s | 1 dm²/s |