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Viscosity Conversions – Approximates

Viscosity is a measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow. It approximates the thickness or internal friction of a fluid. In simpler terms, it describes how easily a fluid flows. Higher viscosity fluids are thicker and flow more slowly, while lower viscosity fluids are thinner and flow more easily.

The concept of viscosity is commonly used in various fields such as fluid dynamics, engineering, physics, and chemistry to characterize and understand the behavior of fluids. It plays a crucial role in determining the performance of lubricants, paints, polymers, and many other materials. Additionally, viscosity is a key parameter in fluid flow calculations and simulations.

	Kinematic viscosity	Seconds	Seconds	Seconds	Degrees	Degrees	Kinematic
Seconds			Saybolt	Redwood 1	Redwood 2	Engler	Barbey	centistokes
Saybolt			Furol	Standard	Admiralty
Universal			SSF
SSU	Centistokes	ft2/sec
31	1	0.00001076	—	29	—	1	6200	1
31.5	1.13	0.00001216	—	29.4	—	1.01	5486	1.13
32	1.81	0.00001948	—	29.8	—	1.08	3425	1.81
32.6	2	0.00002153	—	30.2	—	1.1	3100	2
33	2.11	0.00002271	—	30.6	—	1.11	2938	2.11
34	2.4	0.00002583	—	31.3	—	1.14	2583	2.4
35	2.71	0.00002917	—	32.1	—	1.17	2287	2.71
36	3	0.00003229	—	32.9	—	1.2	2066	3
38	3.64	0.00003918	—	33.7	—	1.26	1703	3.64
39.2	4	0.00004306	—	35.5	—	1.3	1550	4
40	4.25	0.00004575	—	36.2	5.1	1.32	1459	4.25
42	4.88	0.00005253	—	38.2	5.25	1.36	1270	4.88
42.4	5	0.00005382	—	38.6	5.28	1.37	1240	5
44	8.5	0.0000592	—	40.6	5.39	1.4	1127	5.5
45.6	6	0.00006458	—	41.8	5.51	1.43	1033	6
46	6.13	0.00006598	—	42.3	5.54	1.44	1011	6.13
46.8	7	0.00007535	—	43.1	5.6	1.48	885	7
50	7.36	0.00007922	—	44.3	5.83	1.58	842	7.36
52.1	8	0.00008611	—	46	6.03	1.64	775	8
55	8.88	0.00009558	—	48.3	6.3	1.73	698	8.88
55.4	9	0.00009688	—	48.6	6.34	1.74	689	9
58.8	10	0.0001076	—	51.3	6.66	1.83	620	10
60	10.32	0.0001111	—	52.3	6.77	1.87	601	10.32
65	11.72	0.0001262	—	56.7	7.19	2.01	529	11.72
70	13.08	0.0001408	—	60.9	7.6	2.16	474	13.08
75	14.38	0.0001548	—	65.1	8.02	2.37	431	14.38
80	15.66	0.0001686	—	69.2	8.44	2.45	396	15.66
85	16.9	0.0001819	—	73.4	8.87	2.59	367	16.9
90	18.12	0.000195	—	77.6	9.3	2.73	342	18.12
95	19.32	0.000208	—	81.6	9.71	2.88	321	19.32
100	20.52	0.0002209	—	85.6	10.12	3.02	302	20.52
120	25.15	0.0002707	—	102	11.88	3.57	246	25.15
140	29.65	0.0003191	—	119	13.63	4.11	209	29.65
160	34.1	0.000367	—	136	15.39	4.64	182	34.1
180	38.52	0.0004146	—	153	17.14	5.12	161	38.52
200	42.95	0.0004623	—	170	18.9	5.92	144	42.95
300	64.6	0.0006953	32.7	253	28	8.79	96	64.6
400	86.2	0.0009275	42.4	338	37.1	11.7	71.9	86.2
500	108	0.001163	52.3	423	46.2	14.6	57.4	108
600	129.4	0.001393	62	507	55.3	17.5	47.9	129.4
700	151	0.001625	72	592	64.6	20.44	41	151
800	172.6	0.001858	82	677	73.8	23.36	35.9	172.6
900	194.2	0.00209	92.1	762	83	26.28	31.9	194.2
1000	215.8	0.002323	102.1	846	92.3	29.2	28.7	215.8
1200	259	0.002788	122	1016	111	35.1	23.9	259
1400	302.3	0.003254	143	1185	129	40.9	20.5	302.3
1600	345.3	0.003717	163	1354	148	46.7	18	345.3
1800	388.5	0.004182	183	1524	166	52.6	15.6	388.5
2000	431.7	0.004647	204	1693	185	58.4	14.4	431.7
2500	539.4	0.005806	254	2115	231	73	11.5	539.4
3000	647.3	0.006967	305	2538	277	87.6	9.6	647.3
3500	755.2	0.008129	356	2961	323	102	8.21	755.2
4000	863.1	0.00929	408	3385	369	117	7.18	863.1
4500	970.9	0.01045	458	3807	415	131	6.39	970.9
5000	1078.8	0.01161	509	4230	461	146	5.75	1078.8
6000	1294.6	0.01393	610	5077	553	175	4.78	1294.6
7000	1510.3	0.01626	712	5922	646	204	4.11	1510.3
8000	1726.1	0.01858	814	6769	728	234	3.59	1726.1
9000	1941.9	0.02092	916	7615	830	263	3.19	1941.9
"10,000"	2157.6	0.02322	1018	8461	922	292	2.87	2157.6
"15,000"	3236.5	0.03483	1526	12692	—	438	1.92	3236.5
"20,000"	4315.3	0.04645	2035	16923	—	584	1.44	4315.3