ounce/second [oz/s] Unit Converter
Definition of ounce/second [oz/s] unit
An ounce per second (oz/s) is a unit of mass flow rate equal to one ounce of material passing a specified point every second. In common engineering usage, “ounce” means the avoirdupois ounce, equal to approximately 28.35 grams.
History of ounce/second [oz/s] unit
The ounce has ancient roots in Roman measurement, descending from the uncia, or twelfth part of a Roman pound. English weighing systems later adopted several ounces, creating distinctions between avoirdupois, troy, and apothecaries’ versions. The modern avoirdupois ounce was standardized as 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, while the international pound was fixed at exactly 0.45359237 kilograms in 1959, making an ounce exactly 28.349523125 grams. Expressing ounces per second arose as engineers applied this traditional mass unit to continuous transport, feeding, and discharge rates in industrial equipment.
Applications of ounce/second [oz/s] unit
Ounce per second is used to describe mass delivery in small-scale pumping, dispensing, and material-handling systems. Examples include fuel or lubricant injection, chemical dosing, powder feeders, and laboratory flow experiments. Because most scientific work uses SI units, values are often converted to kilograms per second: 1 oz/s equals approximately 0.02835 kg/s.
Complete list of ounce/second [oz/s] unit conversion
- cubic meter/second [m^3/s] = 33814.022701843 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic meter/day [m^3/d] = 0.39136600349355 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic meter/hour [m^3/h] = 9.3927840838453 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic meter/minute = 563.56704503072 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic centimeter/day = 3.9136600349355E-7 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic centimeter/hour = 9.3927840838453E-6 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic centimeter/minute = 0.00056356704503072 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic centimeter/second = 0.033814022701843 ounce/second [oz/s]
- liter/day [L/d] = 0.00039136600349355 ounce/second [oz/s]
- liter/hour [L/h] = 0.0093927840838453 ounce/second [oz/s]
- liter/minute [L/min] = 0.56356704503072 ounce/second [oz/s]
- liter/second [L/s] = 33.814022701843 ounce/second [oz/s]
- milliliter/day [mL/d] = 3.9136600349355E-7 ounce/second [oz/s]
- milliliter/hour [mL/h] = 9.3927840838453E-6 ounce/second [oz/s]
- milliliter/minute [mL/min] = 0.00056356704503072 ounce/second [oz/s]
- milliliter/second [mL/s] = 0.033814022701843 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (US)/day [gal (US)/d] = 0.0014814814814815 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (US)/hour [gal (US)/h] = 0.035555555555556 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (US)/minute = 2.1333333333333 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (US)/second = 128 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (UK)/day [gal (UK)/d] = 0.001779185074822 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (UK)/hour [gal (UK)/h] = 0.042700441795728 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (UK)/minute = 2.5620265077437 ounce/second [oz/s]
- gallon (UK)/second = 153.72159046462 ounce/second [oz/s]
- kilobarrel (US)/day = 46.666666666667 ounce/second [oz/s]
- barrel (US)/day [bbl (US)/d] = 0.046666666666667 ounce/second [oz/s]
- barrel (US)/hour [bbl (US)/h] = 1.12 ounce/second [oz/s]
- barrel (US)/minute = 67.2 ounce/second [oz/s]
- barrel (US)/second = 4032 ounce/second [oz/s]
- acre-foot/year [ac*ft/y] = 1.3216779114109 ounce/second [oz/s]
- acre-foot/day [ac*ft/d] = 482.74285714285 ounce/second [oz/s]
- acre-foot/hour [ac*ft/h] = 11585.828571428 ounce/second [oz/s]
- hundred-cubic foot/day = 1.1082251082251 ounce/second [oz/s]
- hundred-cubic foot/hour = 26.597402597403 ounce/second [oz/s]
- hundred-cubic foot/minute = 1595.8441558442 ounce/second [oz/s]
- ounce/hour [oz/h] = 0.00027777777777778 ounce/second [oz/s]
- ounce/minute [oz/min] = 0.016666666666667 ounce/second [oz/s]
- ounce (UK)/hour [oz (UK)/h] = 0.0002668777612233 ounce/second [oz/s]
- ounce (UK)/minute = 0.016012665673398 ounce/second [oz/s]
- ounce (UK)/second = 0.96075994040388 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic yard/hour [yd^3/h] = 7.1812987012987 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic yard/minute = 430.87792207792 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic yard/second [yd^3/s] = 25852.675324675 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic foot/hour [ft^3/h] = 0.26597402597403 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic foot/minute [ft^3/min] = 15.958441558442 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic foot/second [ft^3/s] = 957.50649350649 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic inch/hour [in^3/h] = 0.00015392015392015 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic inch/minute [in^3/min] = 0.0092352092352092 ounce/second [oz/s]
- cubic inch/second [in^3/s] = 0.55411255411255 ounce/second [oz/s]
- pound/second (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 20.80489229343 ounce/second [oz/s]
- pound/minute (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 0.34674820489051 ounce/second [oz/s]
- pound/hour (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 0.0057791367481751 ounce/second [oz/s]
- pound/day (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 0.0002407973645073 ounce/second [oz/s]
- kilogram/second (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 45.866936195224 ounce/second [oz/s]
- kilogram/minute (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 0.76444893658707 ounce/second [oz/s]
- kilogram/hour (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 0.012740815609784 ounce/second [oz/s]
- kilogram/day (Gasoline at 15.5°C) = 0.00053086731707435 ounce/second [oz/s]