Kilopascal (kPa) is coherent and consistent across the board for the SI. It's a decimal point shift for hPa and mbar to get kPa. Why not stick with the SI and the standard and standard practice as being implemented worldwide?
Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: James-Jason Wentworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 1:48 AM Subject: [USMA:24165] Re: Jason's post > <But I like the word millibar over hectopascal. The latter is overly > long and odd-sounding. "Bar" sounds of barometric, which everyone > knows has to do with air pressure. Most people know that "milli" > means 1/1000 or something small like that. But "pascal"? > And "hecto"? Hey, Bub, watch your language!> > > You have a very good point there, Harry. One of the things that broke > me out of my "SI purism" was finding out that many European companies, > organizations, and individuals still use pre-SI unit names. The bar is > still often used to denote pressure in tires and hydraulic equipment > (as well as in Russian rocket engines, although the Russians also use > the *really* obsolete kilogram of force instead of the newton to > measure rocket thrust). Also, many Europeans (probably mostly older > citizens) still use degrees Centigrade. -- Jason > >
