Centipoise (cP)
Centipoise (cP) equals 0.001 Pa·s. Water at 20°C has a dynamic viscosity of approximately 1 centipoise.
Centipoise is the everyday lab and industry unit for liquid viscosity — from water (~1 cP) to motor oils (hundreds of cP).
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Selected cP values converted to Pa·s using the exact factor from this tool.
| cP | Pa·s |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.00001 |
| 0.1 | 0.0001 |
| 1 | 0.001 |
| 2 | 0.002 |
| 3 | 0.003 |
| 5 | 0.005 |
| 10 | 0.01 |
| 20 | 0.02 |
| 50 | 0.05 |
| 100 | 0.1 |
| 1,000 | 1 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 cP = 0.001 Pa·s
1 Pa·s = 1000 cP
To convert centipoise to pascal second, multiply by 0.001.
To convert pascal second to centipoise, multiply by 1000.
Example: convert 10 cP to Pa·s
10 × 0.001 = 0.01 Pa·s
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
Centipoise (cP) equals 0.001 Pa·s. Water at 20°C has a dynamic viscosity of approximately 1 centipoise.
Centipoise is the everyday lab and industry unit for liquid viscosity — from water (~1 cP) to motor oils (hundreds of cP).
The pascal second (Pa·s) is the SI unit of dynamic viscosity — resistance to shear flow under an applied stress.
Pascal seconds quantify fluid resistance in CFD, polymer processing, and lubrication engineering calculations.
Pa·s = cP × 0.001cP = Pa·s × 1,000, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any viscosity-dynamic conversion starting from centipoise — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.