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Btu (th) per second square inch to Watt per square centimeter Converter
Use this page to convert btu (th) per second square inch values into watt per square centimeter, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.
Conversion formula
1 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) = 163.424617845014 W/cm^2
1 W/cm^2 = 0.00611902914742237 Btu (th)/(s*in^2)
Example: 500 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) = 81,712.3089225068 W/cm^2
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Btu (th) per second square inch
One Btu (th) per second square inch is equal to about 1.634 million watts per square meter (1634246.178450135 watts per square meter).
History: Square-inch forms are used for compact or high-intensity thermal areas in customary units.
Current use: This unit is mainly useful for specialized high heat flux references.
Also written as Btu (th)/(s*in^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 (th) per second square inch to Watt per square centimeter table
| Btu (th) per second square inch [Btu (th)/(s*in^2)] | Watt per square centimeter [W/cm^2] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 1.63424617845013 W/cm^2 |
| 0.1 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 16.3424617845013 W/cm^2 |
| 1 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 163.424617845014 W/cm^2 |
| 2 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 326.849235690027 W/cm^2 |
| 5 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 817.123089225067 W/cm^2 |
| 10 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 1,634.24617845013 W/cm^2 |
| 20 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 3,268.49235690027 W/cm^2 |
| 50 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 8,171.23089225068 W/cm^2 |
| 100 Btu (th)/(s*in^2) | 16,342.4617845014 W/cm^2 |
