Mass Flow Converter
Easily convert mass flow units like kilograms per second (kg/s), grams per minute (g/min), and pounds per hour (lb/h). Useful in engineering, manufacturing, and process industries.
Result
kg/min
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Conversion Formula
1 kg/s 1.000000 × 60 → 60.000000 kg/min
About Mass Flow
Mass flow rate is the rate of mass passing through a point in a unit of time. It plays a vital role in industrial usage like fuel injection, material transport, and chemical manufacturing.
- Kilogram per second (kg/s) – SI base unit of mass flow.
- Gram per minute (g/min), gram per hour (g/h) – Lab and small-scale process standard.
- Pound per hour (lb/h), pound per minute (lb/min) – Used in engineering and mechanical industries standard.
- Tonne per hour (t/h) – Bulk processing and transportation standard.
- Milligram per time units – Used in pharmacy and micro dosing equipment standard.
Luminous Intensity Units and Analogous Mass Flow Rates
In the case of luminous intensity, one speaks about the amount of light coming out from the emitting source in a direction, and this is usually measured in candelas. While working with the units within various physical systems, though, there's often a need to refer to other contexts—as in the case of mass flow rate—within which the quantities are represented in a corresponding manner in relation to the amount per unit of time.
For example, just as we measure light intensity per solid angle in candelas, we measure mass flow rates in terms of:
- Kilogram per second (kg/s)
A standard SI unit for precise, high-rate mass flow measurement in industrial and scientific practice. - Kilogram per hour (kg/h)
Widely used in production and processing industries where materials are conveyed continuously but at moderate rates. - Gram per second (g/s)
Suitable for finer measurements, especially in laboratory practice or small-scale processes. - Tonne per hour (t/h)
Widely used in the heavy industry and logistics for the measurement of bulk material handling, e.g., in mining or in grain processing. - Pound per hour (lb/h)
US standard unit of mass flow, especially in mechanical systems, and fuel consumption.
These flow rate units based on mass enable us to keep track of and control material movement in many processes—from pharmaceutical manufacturing to power generation. In the same way that luminous intensity allows us to know how well a light source is performing in various directions, these measurements allow accuracy and efficiency in material handling and system regulation.