Convert Meters per Minute to Centimeters per Second

Formula

cm/s = m/min × 1.666666666667

Derivation from SI units:

• 1 m/min = 1 m ÷ 60 s (equivalently 1 m³/min of flow per 1 m² of cloth)
• 1 cm/s = 0.01 m ÷ 1 s = 1 cm³/(s·cm²)
• 1 m/min = 0.01666666666667 m/s ÷ 0.01 m/s per cm/s = 1.666666666667 cm/s

Both units are defined exactly, so the factor is exact. Meter per Minute definition: meter per minute; Centimeter per Second definition: centimeter per second.

Worked examples

1. A reading of 1.5 m/min converts to 2.5 cm/s.
   1.5 m/min × 1.666666667 = 2.5 cm/s
2. A value of 10 m/min is 16.66666667 cm/s.
   10 m/min × 1.666666667 = 16.66666667 cm/s

Where it's used

Meters per Minute are used for baghouse and dust-collector air-to-cloth ratio (pulse-jet ≈ 1–2 m/min), while centimeters per second appear in filter media testing (5.33 cm/s = 32 L/min through 100 cm²). Both measure face velocity and air permeability (volumetric flow per unit area), so the conversion is a fixed factor.

Meter per Minute to other face velocity & air permeability units

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Table 8 (minute).
• The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Table 2 with SI prefix centi.

Last reviewed: 2026-10-15. Factors are stored exactly and computed with 50-digit decimal arithmetic. See how we verify conversion factors.