&GAS: PRESSURE


unit

  Various common pressure units and their abbreviations are
  accepted:

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  Unit         Equivalent of 1 atm     Notations
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  atmosphere   1 atm                   ATMOSPHERE
  mm Hg        760 mm Hg               MM-HG
  Torricelli   760 Torr                TORRICELLI
  inch Hg      29.9213 inch Hg         INCH-HG
  Pa           101325 Pa               PASCAL, HECTO-PASCAL, HPA
  N/m2         101325 N/m2             N/M2
  bar          1.01325 bar             BAR
  mbar         1013.25 hPa             MBAR, MILLI-BAR
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  The default pressure input unit is the Torr. Pressures are shown
  either in Torr or in atmosphere. The choice of output unit is not
  influenced by the unit used for input.

Keyword index. Formatted on 10/11/98.