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CENTISTOKE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Commonly, the centstoke (cSt) is used. The SI unit of kinematic viscosity is mm²/s which is 1 cSt.

CONT

All viscometers provide an accurate means of determining kinematic viscosity of liquids in centistokes (cSt) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

L'unité de viscosité cinématique est le m²/s. On utilise plus fréquemment le cm²/s ou stokes (St) et le mm²/s ou centistokes (cSt), qui sont d'un ordre de grandeur plus commode.

OBS

L'unité Si de viscosité cinématique est le mètre carré par seconde ou le millimètre carré par seconde. 1 centistokes = 1,0 mm²/s. (Source : CRIQ-1, 1982).

OBS

Le stokes (St) et le centistokes (cSt) ne doivent plus être utilisés. 1 mm²/s = 0,01 St.

OBS

En SI, on utilise le millimètre carré par seconde.

OBS

Étymologie : du nom du physicien irlandais George Gabriel Stokes [...]

Key term(s)
  • centistoke

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
DEF

Centésima parte del stoke, que es la unidad de viscosidad cinemática en el sistema cgs, y es igual a la viscosidad en poises dividida por la densidad de un fluido en gramos por centímetro cúbico, todo ello medido a la misma temperatura.

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