Axis

Viscosity

centipoisecP

One hundredth of a poise; water at 20 °C is about 1 cP.

Dimension
M/L·T
Canonical signature
L^-1*M*T^-1
System
metric historical
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 cP = 0.001 Pa·s
Conversion type
linear
Aliases
cP, centipoises

Same dimension

Related units

pascal-secondsiPa·spoisemetric historicalPpound per foot-secondimperial uslb/(ft·s)reynimperial usreyn

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 cP = 0.001 Pa·s

Exact relationship

10 cP = 0.01 Pa·s

Exact relationship