In this article I will show you how to convert 172 cubic feet per hour into cubic feet per minute. Throughout the explanation below I might also call it 172 ft³ph to ft³pm. They are the same thing!
How to Convert Cubic feet per hour to Cubic feet per minute
A cubic feet per hour is smaller than a cubic feet per minute. I know that a ft³ph is smaller than a ft³pm 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 172 cubic feet per hour into cubic feet per minute, we use a conversion factor to get the answer.
The conversion factor for ft³ph to ft³pm is:
Now that we know what the conversion factor is, we can easily calculate the conversion of 172 ft³ph to ft³pm by multiplying 0.016666680792547
by the number of cubic feet per hour we have, which is 172.
So, the answer to the question "what is 172 cubic feet per hour in cubic feet per minute?" is 2.866669096318 ft³pm.
Cubic feet per hour to Cubic feet per minute Conversion Table
Below is a sample conversion table for ft³ph to ft³pm:
Cubic feet per hour (ft³ph) | Cubic feet per minute (ft³pm) |
---|---|
0.01 | 0 |
0.1 | 0 |
1 | 0.02 |
2 | 0.03 |
3 | 0.05 |
5 | 0.08 |
10 | 0.17 |
20 | 0.33 |
50 | 0.83 |
100 | 1.67 |
1000 | 16.67 |
Best Conversion Unit for 172 ft³ph
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 172 ft³ph.
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 172 ft³ph is quarts per second and the amount is 1.1904021750607 qtps.