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kPa. Otherwise it'd be Kelvinpascals. And while pressure is often said to be x atmospheres, they usually use bar, which is an SI-derived unit (equal to 10⁵ Pa),
by ygra 12y ago
kPa. Otherwise it'd be Kelvinpascals. And while pressure is often said to be x atmospheres, they usually use bar, which is an SI-derived unit (equal to 10⁵ Pa), which is close enough to the old usage of atmospheres.
There seem to have been two different atmospheres that were pretty close anyway. One being defined as air pressure at sea level, the other being defined as the pressure of 10 meters of water.
- xxs 12y ago>>kPa. Otherwise it'd be Kelvinpascals. Great observation! I guess I am way too used to KB and in that very case KPa would be 1024Pa which is even worse. Have an upvote.
- ygra 12y agoThat'd be KiPa, then (kibipascals) ;) Standardised since 1999, I think. But no one really uses it. Kilobytes would technically be kB as well.