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  2. Pascal (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In materials science and engineering, the pascal measures the stiffness, tensile strength and compressive strength of materials. In engineering the megapascal (MPa) is the preferred unit for these uses, because the pascal represents a very small quantity.

  3. Orders of magnitude (pressure) - Wikipedia

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    Vacuum expected in the beam pipe of the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment [9] (operates at a pressure of 1 nPa to 10 nPa) [10] ~1 nPa Approximate solar wind pressure at Earth's distance from the Sun [11] (variable) [citation needed] 10 −8 Pa

  4. Meyer's law - Wikipedia

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    Meyer's law is an empirical relation between the size of a hardness test indentation and the load required to leave the indentation. [1] The formula was devised by Eugene Meyer of the Materials Testing Laboratory at the Imperial School of Technology, Charlottenburg, Germany, circa 1908.

  5. Magdeburg hemispheres - Wikipedia

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    The experiment became a popular way to illustrate the principles of air pressure, and many smaller copies of the hemispheres were made, and are used to this day in science classes. Reenactments of von Guericke's experiment of 1654 are performed in locations around the world by the Otto von Guericke Society.

  6. Ultimate tensile strength - Wikipedia

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    The ultimate tensile strength of a material is an intensive property; therefore its value does not depend on the size of the test specimen.However, depending on the material, it may be dependent on other factors, such as the preparation of the specimen, the presence or otherwise of surface defects, and the temperature of the test environment and material.

  7. Pressurized water reactor - Wikipedia

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    The pressure in the primary coolant loop is typically 15–16 megapascals (150–160 bar), which is notably higher than in other nuclear reactors, and nearly twice that of a boiling water reactor (BWR). As an effect of this, only localized boiling occurs and steam will recondense promptly in the bulk fluid.

  8. Pascal's law - Wikipedia

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    Pressure in water and air. Pascal's law applies for fluids. Pascal's principle is defined as: A change in pressure at any point in an enclosed incompressible fluid at rest is transmitted equally and undiminished to all points in all directions throughout the fluid, and the force due to the pressure acts at right angles to the enclosing walls.

  9. Compressed natural gas - Wikipedia

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    Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH 4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure.It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of 20–25 megapascals (2,900–3,600 psi; 200–250 bar), usually in cylindrical or spherical shapes.