Stokes (St)
Stokes (St) equals 10⁻⁴ m²/s — the CGS unit of kinematic viscosity. One stokes equals 100 centistokes.
Stokes appears in rheology literature and older engineering references alongside the centistokes subunit.
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Selected St values converted to m²/s using the exact factor from this tool.
| St | m²/s |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.000001 |
| 0.1 | 0.00001 |
| 1 | 0.0001 |
| 2 | 0.0002 |
| 3 | 0.0003 |
| 5 | 0.0005 |
| 10 | 0.001 |
| 20 | 0.002 |
| 50 | 0.005 |
| 100 | 0.01 |
| 1,000 | 0.1 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 St = 0.0001 m²/s
1 m²/s = 10000 St
To convert stokes to square meter per second, multiply by 0.0001.
To convert square meter per second to stokes, multiply by 10000.
Example: convert 10 St to m²/s
10 × 0.0001 = 0.001 m²/s
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
Stokes (St) equals 10⁻⁴ m²/s — the CGS unit of kinematic viscosity. One stokes equals 100 centistokes.
Stokes appears in rheology literature and older engineering references alongside the centistokes subunit.
The square meter per second (m²/s) is the SI unit of kinematic viscosity — dynamic viscosity divided by density.
Square meters per second appear in fluid dynamics, CFD, and the definition of the stokes and centistokes units.
m²/s = St × 0.0001St = m²/s × 10,000, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any viscosity-kinematic conversion starting from stokes — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.