Units of Dynamic Viscosity
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Description
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Dynamic viscosity has the dimension mass per length time. The SI composite unit of dynamic viscosity is the kilogram per meter second.
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Maple knows the units of dynamic viscosity listed in the following table.
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Name
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Symbols
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Context
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Alternate Spellings
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Prefixes
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poise
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standard *
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SI
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reyn
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standard *
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SI
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rhe
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standard *
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SI
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An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, poise[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, poise.
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The units of dynamic viscosity are defined as follows.
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A poise is defined as a dyne second per square meter.
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A reyn is defined as a poundforce second per square inch.
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A rhe is defined as an inverse poise.
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Examples
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