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Poise

Named after the physicist Poiseuille this is the CGS derived unit of dynamic viscosity of a fluid. When a force of 1 dyne maintains unit rate of shear of a film of unit thickness between surfaces of unit area dyne sec cm^-2

*Conversions*
1 poise	=	0.10 kg m^-1s^-1	1 poise	=	0.1 N s m^-2
1 poise	=	0.0020885 lbf s ft^-2	1 poise	=	0.0671969 Poundal s ft^-2
1 poise	=	0.0000145 reyn	1 poise	=	0.0020885 slugs ft^-1s^-1
1 poise	=	100 centipoise	1 poise	=	1.0 dyne s cm^-2