What Does ata Stand For? Technical Atmospheres, a Unit of Pressure
The symbol at stands for technical atmospheres, a non-Si, outdated-metric unit of pressure. 1 technical atmosphere is defined as 1 kilogram-force per square centimeter. The SI unit of force is...
What Does psi and ksi Stand For? (kilo)Pounds per Square Inch, a Unit of Pressure
The abbreviation psi stands for pound-force per square inch. A related unit is ksi, which stands for kilopound-force per square inch. Most people leave out the “force” part of pound-force, and...
The symbol Torr stands for the unit of pressure torr, which is equal to exactly 1/760 atm or 133.322 Pa. There are many other units of pressure, but torr is useful for measuring small pressures,...
The Pascal (Pa) is a unit of measurement for pressure, which is equal to a newton per square meter (N/m2). There are many units of pressure besides Pa, such as mbar, torr, and atm. However, Pa is the...
Although the mbar is a detestable unit and you should not be ashamed if you don’t know what it is, unfortunately, the unit is still used today. I frequently use an arc melter (VAR) that uses mbar...
CCP is one of those abbreviations which you might find in an old materials science textbook with absolutely no explanation. The abbreviation used to be very common, although now it’s fallen out of...
