On Friday 11 February 2005 22:29, J. Ward wrote:
> The climate scientists I work with measure atmospheric pressure in
> hectopascals, e.g., 1014 hPa.  And the stickers inside the door of both
> my cars specify tire pressure in kPa [psi].
>
> On the other hand, nearly all vacuum equipment I have worked with reads
> pressure in torr, millitorr, and (occasionally) "microns," as in
> micrometers or mercury.  I have not seen pascals used for vacuum systems.

I have seen a pressure gauge that had two different units, one for positive 
pressures and one for negative ones! (I don't remember what they were.)

phma
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