Bar (unit)
Sir William Napier Shaw introduced usage of the bar as a unit.
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: July 7, 2012, 6:49 am
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The bar is a unit of pressure established as one million dynes per square centimeter (equivalently in SI units, 100 kilopascals, or in CGS units, one megabarye). It is approximately equal to the atmospheric pressure on Earth at mean sea level. Alternatvely, bar is a unit of pressure equal to the pressure of 29.530 inches or 750.062 millimeters of mercury under the standard conditions of 0o C temperature and 9.80665 m/s2 gravitational acceleration.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan, Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Bar (unit)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 30, 2010; Last revised Date July 7, 2012; Retrieved May 21, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bar>
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The bar is a unit of pressure established as one million dynes per square centimeter (equivalently in SI units, 100 kilopascals, or in CGS units, one megabarye). It is approximately equal to the atmospheric pressure on Earth at mean sea level. Alternatvely, bar is a unit of pressure equal to the pressure of 29.530 inches or 750.062 millimeters of mercury under the standard conditions of 0o C temperature and 9.80665 m/s2 gravitational acceleration.
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