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Units of Pressure

 

Description

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Description

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Pressure (or stress) has the dimension mass per length time squared. The SI unit of pressure is the pascal, which is defined as a newton per square meter, or a kilogram per meter second squared.

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Maple knows the units of pressure listed in the following table.

Name

Symbols

Context

Alternate Spellings

Prefixes

 

 

 

 

 

bar

bar

SI *

bars

SI

 

 

 

 

 

atmosphere

atm @, atmos@

standard *

atmospheres

 

 

at @

technical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

barye

 

standard *

baryes

SI

pieze

pz

standard *

piezes

SI

torr

Torr

standard *

torrs

SI

vac

 

standard *

vacs

SI

pound_per_square_inch

psi

standard *

pounds_per_square_inch

 

 

 

 

 

 

meter_mercury

mHg

standard *

meters_mercury, metre_mercury, metres_mercury

SI

 

 

`0degC`

 

SI

foot_mercury

ftHg

standard *

feet_mercury

 

 

 

`32degF`

 

 

 

 

`60degF`

 

 

inch_mercury

inHg

standard *

inches_mercury

 

 

 

`32degF`

 

 

 

 

`60degF`

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

meter_water

mH2O

standard *

meters_water, metre_water, metres_water

SI

 

 

`4degC`

 

SI

foot_water

ftH2O

standard *

feet_water

 

 

 

`39.2degF`

 

 

inch_water

inH2O

standard *

inches_water

 

 

 

`39.2degF`

 

 

kipf_per_square_inch

ksi

standard

 

 

pascal

Pa

SI

pascals

 

planck_pressure

 

planck *

planck_pressures

 

  

An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively.  Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, pascal[SI] or mmHg[standard]; by using an abbreviation, for example, at; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, pascal or mmHg.

  

 

  

The units of pressure are defined as follows.

  

A bar is defined as  pascals.

  

A standard atmosphere is defined as  pascals.

  

A technical atmosphere is defined as a kilogramforce per square centimeter, that is,  pascals.

  

A barye is defined as a dyne per square centimeter.

  

A pieze is defined as a sthene per square meter.

  

A torr is defined as  standard atmosphere.

  

A vac is defined as a millibar.

  

A pound per square inch is defined as a poundforce per inch squared.

  

A planck pressure is defined as a planck mass per planck length per planck time squared.

Mercury

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The meter, foot, and inch of mercury are the pressures exerted by columns of mercury  meter, foot, and inch in height, respectively.

  

A standard meter of mercury is defined as  atmospheres.

  

A 0 degree Celsius meter of mercury is defined as approximately  pascals.

  

A standard foot of mercury is defined as  standard meter of mercury.

  

A 32 degree Fahrenheit foot of mercury is defined as approximately  pascals.

  

A 60 degree Fahrenheit foot of mercury is defined as approximately  pascals.

  

A standard inch of mercury is defined as  standard meter of mercury.

  

A 32 degree Fahrenheit inch of mercury is defined as approximately  pascals.

  

A 60 degree Fahrenheit inch of mercury is defined as approximately  pascals.

Water

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The meter, foot, and inch of water are the pressures exerted by columns of water  meter, foot, and inch in height, respectively.

  

A standard meter of water is defined as the pressure exerted by  kilograms per square meter assuming standard acceleration of free fall.

  

A 4 degrees Celsius meter of water is defined as approximately  pascals.

  

A standard foot of water is defined as  standard meter of water.

  

A 39.2 degree Fahrenheit foot of water is defined as approximately  pascals.

  

A standard inch of water is defined as  standard meter of water.

  

A 39.2 degree Fahrenheit inch of water is defined as approximately  pascals.

Examples

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See Also

convert/dimensions

convert/units

Units

Units/force

Units/Index

Units/length

Units/mass

Units/time

 


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