Convert Square millimetres per minute to Square centimetres per second
Convert Square millimetres per minute (mm²/min) to Square centimetres per second (cm²/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
cm²/s = mm²/min × 0.0001666666667
About Square millimetres per minute
The square millimetre per minute (mm²/min) equals 1/60 000 000 m²/s. It appears in material testing standards where thermal diffusivity of polymers and composites is measured over minute-scale heating pulses. ASTM and ISO laser-flash methods sometimes report in mm²/min as an intermediate step. 1 mm²/min = 1e-6/60 m²/s ≈ 1.667 × 10⁻¸ m²/s.
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.
Quick Reference Table
| Square millimetres per minute (mm²/min) | Square centimetres per second (cm²/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 mm²/min | 0.000166667 cm²/s |
| 2 mm²/min | 0.000333333 cm²/s |
| 5 mm²/min | 0.000833333 cm²/s |
| 10 mm²/min | 0.00166667 cm²/s |
| 25 mm²/min | 0.00416667 cm²/s |
| 50 mm²/min | 0.00833333 cm²/s |
| 100 mm²/min | 0.0166667 cm²/s |