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Units of Permeability

 

Description

Examples

Description

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Permeability has the dimension time per length. The SI composite unit of permeability is the kilogram per pascal meter squared second or second per meter.

• 

Maple knows the units of permeability listed in the following table.

Name

Symbols

Context

Alternate Spellings

Prefixes

 

 

 

 

 

perm

 

`0degC` *

perms

SI

 

 

`23degC`

 

SI

  

An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively.  Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, perm[`0degC`]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, perm.

  

 

  

The units of permeability are defined as follows.

  

A 0 degree Celsius perm is defined as approximately 5.721,3.5×10−10 kilogram per pascal square meter second.

  

A 23 degree Celsius perm is defined as approximately 5.745,2.5×10−10 kilogram per pascal square meter second.

Examples

convertperm,dimensions,base=true

timelength

(1)

convert1,units,perm`23degC`,sm

5.74525×10−11

(2)

convert1,units,perm`0degC`,kgPam2s

5.72135×10−11

(3)

See Also

convert/dimensions

convert/units

Units

Units/Index

Units/length

Units/mass

Units/pressure

Units/time