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Btu (IT) per hour square foot to Watt per square centimeter Converter
Use this page to convert btu (it) per hour square foot values into watt per square centimeter, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.
Conversion formula
1 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) = 0.000315459074506305 W/cm^2
1 W/cm^2 = 3,169.9833062815 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2)
Example: 500 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) = 0.157729537253152 W/cm^2
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Btu (IT) per hour square foot
One Btu (IT) per hour square foot is equal to 3.15459074506305 watts per square meter.
History: Btu per hour per square foot is common in building heat-transfer and insulation work.
Current use: This unit appears in HVAC, building envelopes, and US customary heat-flow references.
Also written as Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2).
Watt per square centimeter
One watt per square centimeter is equal to 10000 watts per square meter.
History: Centimeter-area forms are practical in laboratory and device-scale heat-transfer references.
Current use: This unit is used for electronics, optics, laboratory heating, and compact surface-area calculations.
Also written as W/cm^2.
Btu (IT) per hour square foot to Watt per square centimeter table
| Btu (IT) per hour square foot [Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2)] | Watt per square centimeter [W/cm^2] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.00000315459074506305 W/cm^2 |
| 0.1 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.0000315459074506305 W/cm^2 |
| 1 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.000315459074506305 W/cm^2 |
| 2 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.00063091814901261 W/cm^2 |
| 5 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.00157729537253152 W/cm^2 |
| 10 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.00315459074506305 W/cm^2 |
| 20 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.0063091814901261 W/cm^2 |
| 50 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.0157729537253152 W/cm^2 |
| 100 Btu (IT)/(h*ft^2) | 0.0315459074506305 W/cm^2 |
