Pressure/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Physics [r]: The study of forces and energies in space and time. ^[e]
• Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. ^[e]
• Engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. ^[e]
• Thermodynamics [r]: The statistical description of the properties of molecular systems ^[e]

Subtopics

• Gas compressor [r]: A machine that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. ^[e]
• Partial pressure [r]: The pressure which each gas in a gas mixture would have if it alone occupied the same volume at the same temperature. ^[e]
• Vapor pressure [r]: The pressure of a vapor in equilibrium with its liquid or solid phase. ^[e]

Units

• Atmosphere (unit) [r]: A unit of pressure measurement (symbol: atm) defined as 101,325 pascal. ^[e]
• Bar (unit) [r]: A unit of pressure measurement (symbol: bar) defined as 100,000 Pascals. ^[e]
• Pascal (unit) [r]: The SI unit of pressure; the force of one newton acting uniformly over an area of one square metre. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Boiling point [r]: The temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the external environmental pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid initiates boiling. ^[e]
• Reference conditions of gas temperature and pressure [r]: The temperature and pressure conditions that define the density of a gas and serve to document a stated gas volume. ^[e]
• Temperature [r]: A fundamental quantity in physics - describes how warm or cold a system is. ^[e]
• U.S. customary units [r]: The units of measurement that are currently used in the United States. ^[e]