what is atm?

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atm -how it works

2007-09-29 06:07:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Notice how NOTHING works out to nice even numbers?
anyway....
...............they are units of pressure, supposed to be about the
atmospheric pressure on the earths surface at some specific temperature.

I think it goes like this...
website:
http://www.unit-conversion.info/pressure.html

1 atmosphere= 14.7 pounds/ square inch= 101 kiloPascals= 760 millimeters of mercury [mmHg]

2007-09-29 06:26:51 · answer #1 · answered by 2hard4me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

atm means atmospheric pressure

2007-09-29 07:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by Uncle Under 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Unit of pressure - 1atm = 101.325 kPa.

2007-09-29 06:14:19 · answer #3 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋