If you have seen the abbreviation BCT somewhere related to materials science, physics, or crystallography, it probably stands for Body-Centered Tetragonal. This is a crystal structure with 8 atoms...
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If you have seen the abbreviation DHCP somewhere related to materials science, physics, or crystallography, it probably stands for Double Hexagonal Close-Packed. This is a type of crystal structure...
mmHg stands for millimeters of mercury. mmHg is a manometric unit of pressure, which is almost identical to 1 Torr. In SI units, 1 mmgH = 133.3 Pa. The standard atmospheric pressure is 760...
The abbreviation pz stands for pièze, a metric, mts (non-SI) unit of pressure popular in the Soviet Union or perhaps 18th-century France. 1 pz = 1,000 Pa, or 1 kPa. Which, yes, means this is a...
What Does MPa and GPa Stand For? Megapascal and Gigapascal, Units of Pressure and Stress
MPa and GPa stand for Megapascals and Gigapascals. The pascal (Pa) is a unit of pressure, so MPa is 1,000,000 Pa and GPa is 1,000,000,000 Pa. By the same convention, hPa is 100 Pa and kPa is 1,000...
What Does atm Stand For? Standard Atmospheres, a Unit of Pressure
The abbreviation atm stands for standard atmosphere, a non-SI, non-metric, but very convenient unit of pressure. 1 atm is about the air pressure at sea level and 0 ºC. It is currently defined as...