Convert Square feet per minute to Square decimetres per second
Convert Square feet per minute (ft²/min) to Square decimetres per second (dm²/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
dm²/s = ft²/min × 0.1548384
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.
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 feet per minute (ft²/min) | Square decimetres per second (dm²/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 ft²/min | 0.154838 dm²/s |
| 2 ft²/min | 0.309677 dm²/s |
| 5 ft²/min | 0.774192 dm²/s |
| 10 ft²/min | 1.54838 dm²/s |
| 25 ft²/min | 3.87096 dm²/s |
| 50 ft²/min | 7.74192 dm²/s |
| 100 ft²/min | 15.4838 dm²/s |