In this article I will show you how to convert 170 pints per minute into millilitres per second. Throughout the explanation below I might also call it 170 ppm to mlps. They are the same thing!
How to Convert Pints per minute to Millilitres per second
A pints per minute is greater than a millilitres per second. I know that a ppm is greater than a mlps because of something called conversion factors.
Put very simply, a conversion factor is a number that can be used to change one set of units to another, by multiplying or dividing it. So when we need to convert 170 pints per minute into millilitres per second, we use a conversion factor to get the answer.
The conversion factor for ppm to mlps is:
Now that we know what the conversion factor is, we can easily calculate the conversion of 170 ppm to mlps by multiplying 9.47102 by the number of pints per minute we have, which is 170.
So, the answer to the question "what is 170 pints per minute in millilitres per second?" is 1610.0734 mlps.
Pints per minute to Millilitres per second Conversion Table
Below is a sample conversion table for ppm to mlps:
| Pints per minute (ppm) | Millilitres per second (mlps) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.09 |
| 0.1 | 0.95 |
| 1 | 9.47 |
| 2 | 18.94 |
| 3 | 28.41 |
| 5 | 47.36 |
| 10 | 94.71 |
| 20 | 189.42 |
| 50 | 473.55 |
| 100 | 947.1 |
| 1000 | 9471.02 |
Best Conversion Unit for 170 ppm
Sometimes when you work with conversions from one unit to another, the numbers can get a little confusing. Especially when dealing with really large numbers.
I've also calculated what the best unit of measurement is for 170 ppm.
To determine which unit is best, I decided to define that as being the unit of measurement which is as low as possible, without going below 1. Smaller numbers are more easily understood and can make it easier for you to understand the measurement.
The best unit of measurement I have found for 170 ppm is quarts per second and the amount is 1.416669658255 qtps.