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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Pressure Units'''
|+ '''Pressure Units'''
!width="8%"|   
!width="9%"|   
!width="12%"| <br>[[pascal (unit)|pascal]]<br>(Pa)  
!width="11%"| <br>[[pascal (unit)|pascal]]<br>(Pa)  
!width="16%"| <br>[[bar (unit)|bar]]<br>(bar)  
!width="15%"| <br>[[bar (unit)|bar]]<br>(bar)  
!width="15%"| <br>[[Atmosphere (unit)|atmosphere]]<br>(atm)  
!width="14%"| <br>[[Atmosphere (unit)|atmosphere]]<br>(atm)  
!width="14%"| <br>[[torr]]<br>(Torr)  
!width="14%"| <br>[[torr]]<br>(Torr)  
!width="15%"| [[U.S. customary units|pound-force<br>per square inch]]<br>(psi)
!width="15%"| [[U.S. customary units|pound-force<br>per square inch]]<br>(psi)
!width="20%"| [[kilogram-force|kilogram-force<br>per square centimeter]]<br/>(kgf/cm<sup>2</sup>) 
|- align=center
|- align=center
! 1 Pa
! 1 Pa
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| 7.5006×10<sup>&minus;3</sup>
| 7.5006×10<sup>&minus;3</sup>
| 145.04×10<sup>&minus;6</sup>  
| 145.04×10<sup>&minus;6</sup>  
| 1.01972×10<sup>&minus;5</sup>
|- align=center
|- align=center
! 1 bar
! 1 bar
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| 750.06
| 750.06
| 14.504  
| 14.504  
| 1.01972
|- align=center
|- align=center
! 1 atm
! 1 atm
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| ≡ 1 [[Atmosphere (unit)|atm]]
| ≡ 1 [[Atmosphere (unit)|atm]]
| 760
| 760
| 14.696  
| 14.696
| 1.03323
|- align=center
|- align=center
! 1 torr
! 1 torr
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| ≡ 1 Torr<br>≈ 1 [[mm-Hg]]
| ≡ 1 Torr<br>≈ 1 [[mm-Hg]]
| 19.337×10<sup>&minus;3</sup>  
| 19.337×10<sup>&minus;3</sup>  
| 1.35951×10<sup>&minus;3</sup>
|- align=center
|- align=center
! 1 psi
! 1 psi
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| 68.046×10<sup>&minus;3</sup>  
| 68.046×10<sup>&minus;3</sup>  
| 51.715  
| 51.715  
| ≡ 1 [[pound-force|lbf]]/in<sup>2</sup>
| ≡ 1 [[pound-force|lbf]]/[[inch|in]]<sup>2</sup>
| 7.03059×10<sup>&minus;2</sup>
|- align=center
! 1 kg/cm<sup>2</sup>
| 98,066.5
| 0.980665
| 0.967838
| 735.5576
| 14.22357
| ≡ 1 [[kilogram-force|kgf]]/[[centimeter|cm]]<sup>2</sup>
|}
|}


'''Example reading:'''&nbsp; 1 Pa = 1 N/m<sup>2</sup> &nbsp;= 10<sup>&minus;5</sup> bar &nbsp;= 9.8692×10<sup>&minus;6</sup> atm &nbsp;= 7.5006×10<sup>&minus;3</sup> torr, etc.<br>
'''Example reading:'''&nbsp; 1 Pa = 1 N/m<sup>2</sup> &nbsp;= 10<sup>&minus;5</sup> bar &nbsp;= 9.8692×10<sup>&minus;6</sup> atm &nbsp;= 7.5006×10<sup>&minus;3</sup> torr, etc.<br>
'''Note:''' mm-Hg is an abbreviation for millimetre of [[mercury]]
'''Note:''' mm-Hg is an abbreviation for millimetre of [[mercury]]

Revision as of 02:35, 30 June 2011

Pressure Units
 
pascal
(Pa)

bar
(bar)

atmosphere
(atm)

torr
(Torr)
pound-force
per square inch

(psi)
kilogram-force
per square centimeter

(kgf/cm2)
1 Pa ≡ 1 N/m2 10−5 9.8692×10−6 7.5006×10−3 145.04×10−6 1.01972×10−5
1 bar 100,000 ≡ 106 dyn/cm2 0.98692 750.06 14.504 1.01972
1 atm 101,325 1.01325 ≡ 1 atm 760 14.696 1.03323
1 torr 133.322 1.3332×10−3 1.3158×10−3 ≡ 1 Torr
≈ 1 mm-Hg
19.337×10−3 1.35951×10−3
1 psi 6,894.76 68.948×10−3 68.046×10−3 51.715 ≡ 1 lbf/in2 7.03059×10−2
1 kg/cm2 98,066.5 0.980665 0.967838 735.5576 14.22357 ≡ 1 kgf/cm2

Example reading:  1 Pa = 1 N/m2  = 10−5 bar  = 9.8692×10−6 atm  = 7.5006×10−3 torr, etc.
Note: mm-Hg is an abbreviation for millimetre of mercury