milliwatt per square centimeter
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The milliwatt per square centimetre equals exactly 10 watts per square metre, since a square centimetre is exactly 1e-4 square metres. It is the customary unit in laser safety classification, UV curing, phototherapy dosimetry and radiofrequency exposure standards. The factor of 10 is exact, following from the exact definition of the centimetre.
Watch out: The factor between milliwatts per square centimetre and watts per square metre is 10, not 1 or 100, because the milli prefix and the centimetre-squared area partly cancel. Getting it backwards misstates an exposure by a factor of 100.
| 1 | 10 |
One milliwatt per square centimeter in every intensity unit
| 10,000,000 | microwatt per square meter (μW/m²) | |
| 10,000 | milliwatt per square meter (mW/m²) | |
| 1,000 | microwatt per square centimeter (μW/cm²) | |
| 10 | watt per square meter (W/m²) | |
| 3.16998 | BTU per hour square foot (BTU/(h·ft²)) | |
| 1 | milliwatt per square centimeter (mW/cm²)this unit | |
| 0.0143403 | langley per minute (Ly/min) | |
| 0.01 | kilowatt per square meter (kW/m²) | |
| 0.001 | watt per square centimeter (W/cm²) | |
| 1.00000e-09 | megawatt per square centimeter (MW/cm²) |
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