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units used for air pressure
The force per unit area exerted on a surface.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>
The force per unit area exerted on a surface.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>
English units used for air pressure include:
*pounds per square inch
*inches of of mercury
==See also==
*[[blood pressure]] - measured in millimeters of mercury
The term ''atmosphere'' has sometimes been used by [[Chemistry|Chemists]] and [[Physics|Physicists]] as a unit of [[pressure]]. Example: one atmosphere of pressure is the pressure exerted on objects by the atmospheric [[gas]]ses, [[air]] (principally 21% [[oxygen]] and 79% [[nitrogen]]), at sea level of approximately 14.7 pounds per inch square.
The term ''atmosphere'' has sometimes been used by [[Chemistry|Chemists]] and [[Physics|Physicists]] as a unit of [[pressure]]. Example: one atmosphere of pressure is the pressure exerted on objects by the atmospheric [[gas]]ses, [[air]] (principally 21% [[oxygen]] and 79% [[nitrogen]]), at sea level of approximately 14.7 pounds per inch square.