Technical atmosphere

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A technical atmosphere (symbol: at) is a non-SI unit of pressure equal to one kilogram-force per square centimeter.

1 at	= 98.0665 kPa
	≈ 0.96784 standard atmospheres

The symbol "at" clashes with that of the katal (symbol: "kat"), the SI unit of catalytic activity; a kilotechnical atmosphere would have the symbol "kat", indistinguishable from the symbol for the katal. It also clashes with that of the non-SI unit, the attotonne, but that unit would be more likely be rendered as the equivalent SI unit, the picogram.

Pressure Units

	pascal (Pa)	bar (bar)	technical atmosphere (at)	atmosphere (atm)	torr (Torr)	pound-force per square inch (psi)
1 Pa	≡ 1 N/m2	10−5	1.0197×10−5	9.8692×10−6	7.5006×10−3	145.04×10−6
1 bar	100,000	≡ 106 dyn/cm2	1.0197	0.98692	750.06	14.504
1 at	98,066.5	0.980665	≡ 1 kgf/cm2	0.96784	735.56	14.223
1 atm	101,325	1.01325	1.0332	≡ 1 atm	760	14.696
1 torr	133.322	1.3332×10−3	1.3595×10−3	1.3158×10−3	≡ 1 Torr; ≈ 1 mmHg	19.337×10−3
1 psi	6,894.76	68.948×10−3	70.307×10−3	68.046×10−3	51.715	≡ 1 lbf/in2

Example reading:  1 Pa = 1 N/m²  = 10⁻⁵ bar  = 10.197×10⁻⁶ at  = 9.8692×10⁻⁶ atm, etc.
Note:  mmHg is an abbreviation for millimeters of mercury.

[edit] External links

• NIST Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), Appendix B: Conversion Factors