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10TH GRADE · HYDROSTATICS

Pressure in liquids and gases

Force pressure, atmospheric and hydrostatic pressure.

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Basic Concepts

1 concept

Hydrostatic pressure

The pressure of a fluid at rest created by the weight of the layers above.

The deeper the point and the denser the liquid, the greater the pressure; at the same depth in a fluid at rest it is the same.

Physical quantities

2 quantities

Pressure

Normal force per unit area.

Unit: pascal ·

Normal atmospheric pressure

Accepted reference value of atmospheric pressure.

Unit: pascal ·

Lesson formulas

6 formulas

Pressure determination

Pressure is equal to the force perpendicular to the surface divided by the area.

Definition of pascal

One pascal is equal to one newton per square meter.

Newton per square centimeter

One newton per square centimeter is equal to ten thousand pascals.

Technical significance of the atmosphere

One atmosphere is approximately equal to one hundred thousand pascals.

Normal atmospheric pressure

Normal atmospheric pressure is one hundred one thousand three hundred twenty-five pascals.

Hydrostatic pressure

The pressure of a liquid column depends on the density, depth and acceleration of gravity.

Related formulas

The same formulas in the reference, with symbols and units.