orders of magnitude (pressure)

| 10 aPa

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| Pressure in outer space in intergalactic voids{{cite web|last=Li|first=Yulin|title=The ins and out of man-made and natural vacuums|url=http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/index.html?quid=1026|website=Ask A Scientist!|publisher=Cornell Center for Materials Research|access-date=1 January 2012|quote=10^-19 torr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112015259/http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/index.html?quid=1026|archive-date=12 January 2012}}Calculated: 10⁻¹⁹ torr × 133 Pa/torr = 10⁻¹⁷ Pa

| 1–10 fPa

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| Pressure in outer space between stars in the Milky WayCalculated: 10⁻¹⁷ torr × 133 Pa/torr = 10⁻¹⁵ Pa

| < 1 pPa

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| Lowest pressure obtained in laboratory conditions{{Cite journal | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 643–645 | last = Thompson | first = W. | title = Characteristics of a cryogenic extreme high-vacuum chamber | journal = Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology | year = 1977 | doi = 10.1116/1.569168 |bibcode = 1977JVST...14..643T }}

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| Atmosphere of the Moon at lunar day,{{cite book|title=Lunar sourcebook|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/lunarsourcebooku0000unse|chapter-url-access=registration|year=1991|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-33444-0|chapter=The lunar environment|quote=The undisturbed gas concentration is only about 2x10^5 molecules/cm^3 during the lunar night, falling to perhaps 10^4 molecules/cm^3 during the lunar day.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lunarsourcebooku0000unse}} very approximately ({{val|4|e=-11|u=Pa}}){{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

| < 100 pPa

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| Extreme-high vacuum{{cite web |url=https://www.jlab.org/accel/inj_group/docs/2006/XHV.pdf |title=Extreme High Vacuum: The Need, Production and Measurement |last1=Stultzman |first1=Marcy |last2=Adderley |first2=Philip |last3=Poelker |first3=Matt |publisher=Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) |series=AVS 53rd International Symposium |date=14 November 2006 |access-date=20 September 2022}}

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| Atmosphere of Mercury, very approximately ({{val|1|e=-10|u=Pa}}){{cite web |title= Mercury Fact Sheet |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/mercuryfact.html |publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724161511/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/mercuryfact.html |archive-date=2008-07-24 |quote=~10^-15 bar}}

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| Atmosphere of the Moon at lunar night, very approximately ({{val|3|e=-10|u=Pa}}){{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/moonfact.html|title = Moon Fact Sheet}}

| < 1 nPa

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| Vacuum expected in the beam pipe of the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment{{cite web|title=Bringing the vacuum to its lowest value|url=http://atlas-service-enews.web.cern.ch/atlas-service-enews/2007-8/news_07-8/news_bakeout.php|website=ATLAS e-News|publisher=CERN|access-date=1 January 2012|date=28 July 2008|quote=we expect pressures below 10^-9 Pa}} (operates at a pressure of 1 nPa to 10 nPa){{cite web |url=https://www.vacuumscienceworld.com/blog/the-main-cern-vacuum-systems-explained |title=The Main CERN Vacuum Systems Explained |website=Vacuum Science World |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=20 September 2022}}

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| Approximate solar wind pressure at Earth's distance from the Sun{{cite web|title=Explanation of Solar Wind Dials|url=http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/sw_dials.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=29 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102113559/http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/sw_dials.html|archive-date=2 January 2012|url-status=dead}} (variable){{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

| 10 nPa

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| Pressure inside a vacuum chamber for laser cooling of atoms (magneto-optical trap){{cite journal |last1=Altin |first1=P. A. |last2=Robins |first2=N. P. |year=2010 |title=Rubidium-85 tunable-interaction Bose–Einstein condensate machine |journal=Review of Scientific Instruments |volume=81 |issue=6 |pages=063103–063103–9 |doi=10.1063/1.3430538 |pmid=20590221 |arxiv = 1003.4819 |bibcode = 2010RScI...81f3103A |s2cid=23474264 }}

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| Atmospheric pressure in low Earth orbit, around 500 km altitude{{cite web|title=Low Earth Orbit Spacecraft Charging Design Handbook|url=http://standards.nasa.gov/documents/viewdoc/3315626/3315626|publisher=NASA|access-date=5 January 2012|format=PDF|year=2007|quote=ambient pressure is in the range of 10^-10 to 5x10^-8 Torr.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015110611/https://standards.nasa.gov/documents/viewdoc/3315626/3315626|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}Calculated: 10⁻¹⁰ Torr × 133.3 Pa/Torr = {{val|1.3|e=-8|u=Pa}}. {{val|5|e=-8|u=Torr}} × 133.3 Pa/Torr = {{val|6.7|e=-6|u=Pa}}.

| 100 nPa

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| Highest pressure still considered ultra-high vacuum{{Cite web | author=American Vacuum Society | title=Glossary | website=AVS Reference Guide | url=http://www.aip.org/avsguide/refguide/glossary.html#v | access-date=2011-12-28 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304160701/http://www.aip.org/avsguide/refguide/glossary.html#v | archive-date=2006-03-04 }}Calculated unit conversion: 1e-9 torr * 101325/760 Pa/torr = 1.33e-7 Pa

| 0.1 - 10 μPa

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| Pressure inside a cathode ray tube (approximate)Topic 7 |The Cathode-Ray Tube. aw.com. 2003-08-01Jump up ^ repairfaq.org – Sam's Laser FAQ – Vacuum Technology for Home-Built Gas Lasers. repairfaq.org. 2012-08-02

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| Reference pressure for sound in water{{cite web|title=Terminology|url=http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/Terms/|publisher=SURTASS LFA EIS|access-date=11 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210184332/http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/Terms/|archive-date=10 December 2005|url-status=usurped}}

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| Pressure inside a vacuum tube (very approximate){{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| 10 μPa

|

| Radiation pressure of sunlight on a perfectly reflecting surface at the distance of the Earth.G. Vulpetti, L. Johnson, G. L. Matloff, Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Flight, Springer, August 2008

| 0 dB

| Reference pressure for sound in air{{cite web|title=Appendix I:A-3. Sound Propagation|url=https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/noise/health_effects/soundpropagation.html|website=Noise and Hearing Conservation Technical Manual Chapter|publisher=OSHA|access-date=11 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118004912/http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/noise/health_effects/soundpropagation.html|archive-date=18 November 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

| 0 dB

| Threshold of human hearing

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| 1–100 mPa

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| Vacuum pressures used for molecular distillation{{cite book|last1=Sattler|first1=Klaus|last2=Feindt|first2=Hans|title=Thermal separation processes: principles and design|year=1995|isbn=978-3-527-28622-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnhcu1D8zcIC&q=molecular%20distillation%20pressure&pg=PA116|page=116|publisher=Wiley |quote=operating pressures in the range 0.1–0.001 Pa}}

|

|

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| 100 mPa

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| Upper limit of high vacuumCalculated unit conversion: 1e-3 torr * 101325/760 Pa/torr = 0.133 Pa

|

| Atmospheric pressure on Pluto (1988 figure; very roughly){{cite web|title=Pluto expanding atmosphere|url=http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/perso/bruno-sicardy/pluton/pr_obs_en.html|publisher=Observatoire de Paris, LESIA|access-date=29 December 2011|quote=deepest layers reach pressures of no more than a few microbars}}

|

| Pressure exerted by a single Letter-sized 20-lb sheet of paper laid flat.

| 1 Pa

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| Pressure exerted by a US dollar bill resting flat on a surface{{cite web |title= Fluid |website= Physics 1222 Lecture Notes |author= Bala Maheswaran |url= http://www.dac.neu.edu/physics/b.maheswaran/phy1222/fluids.pdf |access-date= 2011-10-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060906152305/http://www.dac.neu.edu/physics/b.maheswaran/phy1222/fluids.pdf |archive-date= 2006-09-06 |url-status= dead }}

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|Upper limit of molecular distillation, where the mean free path of molecules is larger than the equipment size{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| 10 Pa

|

|Pressure increase per millimeter of a water column at Earth mean sea level{{cite web|title=Pressure|url=http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/pressure-d_587.html|publisher=Engineering Toolbox|access-date=2 January 2012|quote=10 kPa - the pressure below 1 m of water}}

|

| Pressure due to direct impact of a gentle breeze (~{{convert|9|mph|0|disp=or|abbr=on}})Exact calculation: P = 1/2 * density of air * (wind speed)^2. wind speed = 9 mph * 0.447 (m/s)/mph = 4.02 m/s. P = 1/2 * (1.25 kg/m^3) * (4.0 m/s)^2 = 10.1 Pa.

|

|Pressure from the weight of a U.S. penny lying flat{{cite web|title=Get an intuition for pressure values|url=http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/12191/get-an-intuition-for-pressure-values/12252#12252|website=Physics|publisher=Stack Exchange|access-date=28 December 2011}}

| 100 Pa

|

| Pressure due to direct impact of a strong breeze (~{{convert|28|mph|disp=or|abbr=on}}){{cite web|title=Beaufort Scales (Wind Speed)|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/beaufort.html|website=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-date=28 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428092125/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/beaufort.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Wind speed and wind pressure|url=http://www.knmi.nl/samenw/hydra/faq/press.html|publisher=KNMI HYDRA Project|access-date=3 January 2012}}Exact calculation: P = 1/2 * density of air * (wind speed)^2. wind speed = 28.3 mph * 0.447 (m/s)/mph = 12.7 m/s. P = 1/2 * (1.25 kg/m^3) * (12.7 m/s)^2 = 101 Pa.

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|Pressure from the weight of a U.S. quarter lying flat{{cite web |url=http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=coin_specifications |title=Coin specifications |publisher=United States Mint |access-date=2011-12-28 }}Calculated: pressure = mass * g / (pi * diameter^2 / 4) = (5.670e-3 kg) * (9.807 m/s^2) / (3.142 * (19.05e-3 m)^2 / 4) = 120.3 Pa

|

| 1 torr ≈ 1 mmHg

| ~140 dB

| Threshold of pain pressure level for sound where prolonged exposure may lead to hearing loss{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| ±0.043 psi

| Lung air pressure difference moving the normal breaths of a person (only 0.3% of standard atmospheric pressure){{cite web|title=The lung as a low-pressure air pump|url=http://www.anaesthetist.com/icu/organs/lung/Findex.htm#lungfx.htm|website=Lung Introduction Fundamentals|access-date=13 December 2011|quote=a normal inspiratory breath of say 500 ml in an adult requires a distending pressure of under 3cm H2O}}Calculated: 3 cm H2O * 98.0 Pa/cm H2O = 294 Pa = 3e2 Pa

| 0.06–0.13 psi

| Atmospheric pressure on Mars, < 1% of atmospheric sea-level pressure on Earth{{cite web|title=Mars Fact Sheet|url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html|publisher=NASA|access-date=5 January 2012|quote=variable from 4.0 to 8.7 mb}}

| 0.089 psi

|Partial vapor pressure at the triple point of water (611.657 Pa)[https://www.nist.gov/srd/upload/jpcrd477.pdf International Equations for the Pressure along the Melting and along the Sublimation Curve of Ordinary Water Substance] W. Wagner, A. Saul and A. Pruss (1994), J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 23, 515.{{cite journal|doi=10.1256/qj.04.94 | volume=131 | issue=608 | title=Review of the vapour pressures of ice and supercooled water for atmospheric applications | year=2005 | journal=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society | pages=1539–1565 | last1 = Murphy | first1 = D. M.| bibcode=2005QJRMS.131.1539M | s2cid=122365938 | url=https://zenodo.org/record/1236243 | doi-access=free }}

| 1–10 kPa

|

| Typical explosion peak overpressure needed to break glass windows (approximate){{cite book|title=Lee's loss prevention in the process industries: hazard identification, assessment, and control, Volume 1|year=2005|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-7506-7555-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UDAwZQO8ZGUC&q=pressure%20to%20break%20glass&pg=SA17-PA233|quote=Iverson (1968) gives the range of breaking pressures as 1-10 kPa}}

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| Pressure of popping popcorn (very approximate){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100504064615/http://mythbustersresults.com/car-vs-rain Episode 124: Car vs. Rain]}}. mythbustersfanclub.com. June 17, 2009{{cite web|title=Transcript|url=http://www.livedash.com/transcript/mythbusters-%28car_vs._rain%29/6222/DSCP/Friday_December_25_2009/148002/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904091840/http://www.livedash.com/transcript/mythbusters-(car_vs._rain)/6222/DSCP/Friday_December_25_2009/148002/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2012|website=MythBusters - Car vs. Rain - Friday, Dec 25, 2009|publisher=Livedash|access-date=30 December 2011|quote=force ... which turns out to be 0.22 psi}}

| 0.38 psi

| Pressure at which water boils at room temperature (22 °C) (20 mmHg){{cite web|title=Vapor Pressure of Water|url=http://www.fordhamprep.org/gcurran/sho/sho/reference/table74a.htm|website=Science Help Online for Chemistry|publisher=Fordham Preparatory School|access-date=11 November 2011|quote=2.6 kPa|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127215441/http://www.fordhamprep.org/gcurran/sho/sho/reference/table74a.htm|archive-date=27 November 2011}}

| 0.8 psi

| Blood pressure fluctuation (40 mmHg) between heartbeats for a typical healthy adultCalculated as the difference between a typical systolic pressure of < 120mm Hg and diastolic pressure of < 80mm Hg.

| 0.9 psi

| Pressure where water boils at normal human body temperature (37 °C), the pressure below which humans absolutely cannot survive (Armstrong limit)[http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=1096819117&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 NAHF - Harry Armstrong] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118090408/http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=1096819117&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 |date=2007-11-18 }}

| +1.4 psi

| Lung pressure that a typical person can exert (74 mmHg){{cite web |url=http://www.personal.psu.edu/ref7/apparatus/2003%20competition/deardorff-LC.htm |title=Manometer for Measuring Lung Pressure |last=Deardoff |first=Duane L. |website=personal.psu.edu |access-date=20 September 2022}}

| 10 kPa

| 1.5 psi

| Pressure increase per meter of a water column

| 1.5 psi

| Decrease in air pressure when going from Earth sea level to 1000 m elevation{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| +1.9 psi

| High air pressure for human lung, measured for trumpet player making staccato high notes{{Cite journal | last1 = Fletcher | first1 = N. H. | last2 = Tarnopolsky | first2 = A. | doi = 10.1121/1.426276 | title = Blowing pressure, power, and spectrum in trumpet playing | journal = The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | volume = 105 | issue = 2 | pages = 874–881 | year = 1999 | pmid = 9972572 | url = http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/digital/journals/JASA/JASA1999/pdfs/vol_105/iss_2/874_1.pdf | bibcode = 1999ASAJ..105..874F | access-date = 2015-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120404173504/http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/digital/journals/JASA/JASA1999/pdfs/vol_105/iss_2/874_1.pdf | archive-date = 2012-04-04 | url-status = dead }}

| +2.3 psi

| Systolic blood pressure in a healthy adult while at rest (< 120 mmHg) (gauge pressure){{cite web|title=Categories for Blood Pressure Levels in Adults|url=http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/categ.htm|publisher=NIH|access-date=2 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704193122/http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/categ.htm|archive-date=4 July 2014}}

| +2.8 psi

| High end of lung pressure, exertable without injury by a healthy person for brief times{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

| +5 psi

| Level of long-duration blast overpressure (from a large-scale explosion) that would cause most buildings to collapse{{cite web|last1=Zipf, Jr|first1=R. Karl|last2=Cashdollar|first2=Kenneth|title=Effects of blast pressure on structures and the human body|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/pdfs/NIOSH-125/125-ExplosionsandRefugeChambers.pdf|access-date=3 January 2012}}

|

| Atmospheric pressure at the summit of Mount Everest{{cite journal|title=Barometric pressures on Mt. Everest: new data and physiological significance |date=1999-03-01 |doi=10.1152/jappl.1999.86.3.1062 |access-date=2017-03-30 |url=http://jap.physiology.org/content/86/3/1062.full|last1=West |first1=John B. |journal=Journal of Applied Physiology |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=1062–1066 |pmid=10066724 |s2cid=27875962 |url-access=subscription }}

| +10 psi

| Pressure for paint exiting an HVLP (low-pressure) paint spray gun{{cite web|title=Time For HVLP?|url=http://www.sharpe1.com/sharpe/sharpe.nsf/Page/Time+For+HVLP|publisher=Sharpe Manufacturing Company|access-date=9 January 2012|quote=paint exiting the gun at 10 PSI}}

|

| Pressure inside an incandescent light bulb{{cite web |url=http://www.uigi.com/argon.html |publisher=Universal Industrial Gases, Inc. |title=Argon (Ar) Properties, Uses, Applications Argon Gas and Liquid Argon |date=2007 |access-date=20 September 2022}}

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| Minimum airplane cabin pressure and lowest pressure for normal breathing (at {{nowrap|2440 m)}} and also the limit stated by the Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR){{Cite book|title=The Airliner Cabin Environment and the Health of Passengers and Crew |date=2002-01-03 |access-date=2016-04-09 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5ucAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA36|isbn=9780309082891 |last1=Council |first1=National Research |last2=Studies |first2=Division on Earth Life |last3=Toxicology |first3=Board on Environmental Studies and |last4=Aircraft |first4=Committee on Air Quality in Passenger Cabins of Commercial |publisher=National Academies Press }}

| 12 psi

| Pressure inside vacuum cleaner at sea level on Earth (80% of standard atmospheric pressure){{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| 13 psi

| Record low atmospheric pressure for typhoon/hurricane (Typhoon Tip in 1979) (only 86% of standard atmospheric pressure){{cite web|title=Which is the most intense tropical cyclone on record?|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E1.html|website=Hurricane Research Division Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=NOAA|access-date=11 November 2011}}

| 100 kPa

| 15 psi

| 1 bar (14.5 psi),{{cite web |first=Sergey |last=Gershtein |author2=Anna Gershtein |title=bar. Metric. Stress and Pressure Conversion Chart |url=http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/units/pressure/pressure.bar.en.html |access-date=2009-09-26}} approximately equal to the weight of one kilogram (1 kilopond) acting on one square centimeter{{cite journal|title=Appendix B8—Factors for Units Listed Alphabetically|url=http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB8.html|journal=NIST|date=2 July 2009|access-date=2 January 2012}}

| 15 psi

| Standard atmospheric pressure for Earth sea level (14.7 psi)

| 25 to > 80 psi

| Impact pressure of a fist punch (approximate){{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}Typical force may total {{convert|150|to|500|lbf|N}}, applied to area of ~{{convert|6|sqin|cm2}}. Actual impact pressure depends on strike to bone, soft tissue, padded surface, or brick wall. Also depends upon deflection or resistance of object struck. Heavyweight boxing champions have been shown to strike with over {{convert|1000|lbf|N}} of force, which would imply ~170 psi (> 1100 kPa) over same area.

| +26 to +36 psi

| Air pressure in an automobile tire relative to atmosphere (gauge pressure){{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| +30 to +130 psi

| Air pressure in a bicycle tire relative to atmosphere (gauge pressure){{cite web |title=This Is Your...Tire's Air |url=http://www.bicycling.com/maintenance/repair-maintenance/yourtires-air |quote=Road tires typically require 80 to 130 psi, mountain tires 30 to 50 psi and hybrid tires 50 to 70 psi. |access-date=25 Jun 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724142149/http://www.bicycling.com/maintenance/repair-maintenance/yourtires-air |archive-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}

| 50 psi

| Water pressure of a garden hose{{cite web|title=Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.generac.com/PowerWashers/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|website=Power Washers|publisher=Generac Power Systems|access-date=9 January 2012|quote=A typical garden hose dispenses water at about 50 PSI, and a coin-operated car wash provides about 700 PSI.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107103524/http://www.generac.com/PowerWashers/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|archive-date=7 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

| 50–100 psi

| Typical water pressure of a municipal water supply in the US{{cite web|title=How Water Towers Work|date=April 2000|url=http://www.howstuffworks.com/water.htm|publisher=HowStuffWorks|access-date=3 January 2012|quote=A typical municipal water supply runs at between 50 and 100 PSI}}

| 52-76 psi

| Threshold of pain for objects outside the human body hitting it{{cite journal|title=Reliability and Usefulness of the Pressure Pain Threshold Measurement in Patients with Myofascial Pain|date=June 2011|pmc=3309218 |quote=Fischer7 reported pressure pain thresholds of 3.7 kg/cm² and 5.4 kg/cm² in normal adult females.|last1=Park |first1=G. |last2=Kim |first2=C. W. |last3=Park |first3=S. B. |last4=Kim |first4=M. J. |last5=Jang |first5=S. H. |journal=Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=412–417 |doi=10.5535/arm.2011.35.3.412 |pmid=22506152 }}

| 60–90 psi

| Carbon dioxide pressure in a champagne bottle{{cite web|title=Pressure in a Champagne Bottle|url=http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/PeterHui.shtml|website=The Physics Factbook|access-date=13 December 2011}}

| {{convert|5.2|bar|psi|disp=output only|abbr=on}}

| Partial vapour pressure at the triple point of carbon dioxide{{cite web|title=Carbon dioxide|url=http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=C124389&Mask=4|website=NIST Chemistry WebBook|publisher=NIST|access-date=8 January 2012|quote=5.185 bar ... uncertainty ... 0.005 bar}}

| +100 to +120 psi

| Air pressure in a heavy truck/bus tire relative to atmosphere (gauge pressure){{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| {{convert|800|kPa|psi|disp=output only|abbr=on}}

| Vapor pressure of water in a kernel of popcorn when the kernel ruptures{{Cite journal | last1 = Byrd | first1 = J. E. | last2 = Perona | first2 = M. J. | doi = 10.1094/CC-82-0053 | title = Kinetics of Popping of Popcorn | journal = Cereal Chemistry | volume = 82 | pages = 53–59 | year = 2005 | url = http://www.aaccnet.org/cerealchemistry/articles/2005/CC-82-0053.pdf }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| 0.8–2 MPa

| 120–290 psi

| Pressure used in boilers of steam locomotives{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| 162 psi

| Pressure of an average human bite{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}

| 400–1,200 psi

| Pressure of carbon dioxide propellant in a paintball gun{{cite web|last=Choi|first=Young|title=Beginner's guide to paintball tanks|url=http://www.paintball.com/newplayer/content.php?aid=2736|publisher=PaintBall.com|quote=Co2 pressure output can range from 400 psi up to 1200 psi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219101753/http://paintball.com/newplayer/content.php?aid=2736|archive-date=2009-02-19}}

| 700 psi

| Water pressure of the output of a coin-operated car wash spray nozzle

| 700 psi

| Military submarine max. rated pressure (est.) of {{sclass|Seawolf|submarine|0}} nuclear submarine, at depth of {{nowrap|500 m}}{{cite web|title=Run Silent, Run Deep|url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/deep.htm|website=US Navy Ships|publisher=Federation of American Scientists|access-date=8 January 2012|quote=a normal operating depth of "greater than 800 feet", ... it may be assumed that the ... depth ... is roughly double the official figure}}Calculated: assume depth of 2x800 ft = 1600 ft. 1600 ft * 0.3048 m/ft = 488 m. Pressure at 488 m = density * g * depth * area = 1025 kg/m^3 * 9.81 m/s^2 * 488 m * 1 m^2 = 4.90e6 Pa. 4.90e6 Pa * 1.45e-4 psi/Pa = 711 psi.

| 1,500–3,000 psi

| Chamber pressure of a high-powered (non-carbon dioxide) air gun

| 1,000–4,000 psi

| Water spray pressure used by pressure washers{{cite news|title=How to Select a Pressure Washer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/realestate/24home.html|work=New York Times|date=24 September 2006|access-date=19 December 2011|quote=range from about 1,000 p.s.i. to 4,000 or more|last1=Romano|first1=Jay}}

| 1,300 psi

|Atmosphere of Venus{{cite web|url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html|title=Venus Fact Sheet|last=Williams|first=David R.|date=2010-11-17|publisher=NASA|access-date=2011-10-09}}

| > 10 MPa

| > 1,500 psi

| Pressure exerted by a {{nowrap|45 kg}} person wearing stiletto heels when a heel hits the floor{{cite web |url= http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/JackGreen.shtml |title= Pressure Under High Heels |website= The Physics Factbook |access-date= 2011-10-09 }}

| 2,250 psi

| Primary coolant loop of a pressurized water reactor

| 2,900 psi

| Typical pressure used for hydrogenolysis reactionsFor hydrogenolysis esters with copper chromite. {{cite book |last=Paquette |first=L. A. |title=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis |volume=2 |pages=1337–1339 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Chichester |date=1995}}

| 3,000 psi

| Pressure of a typical aluminium scuba tank of pressurized air (210 bar){{cite web|title=Scuba Tanks |url=http://www.thescubaguide.com/gear/tanks/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309023221/http://www.thescubaguide.com/gear/tanks/ |archive-date=2010-03-09 |website=TheScubaGuide |access-date=6 January 2012|quote=when you get your tank filled it will be filled to 3000 psi}}

| 3,000 psi

| Ballistic pressure exerted as high-power bullet strikes a solid bulletproof object{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

| 3,200 psi

| Critical pressure of water

| 4,100 psi

| Overpressure caused by the bomb explosion during the Oklahoma City bombing{{Cite news|last= Wong |first= Henry |title= Blast-Resistant Building Design Technology Analysis of its Application to Modern Hotel Design |publisher= WGA Wong Gregerson Architects, Inc. |year= 2002 |pages= 5 }}

| 5,800 psi

| Water pressure at the depth of the wreck of the Titanic

| 10,000 psi

| Water pressure withstood by the {{ship|DSV|Shinkai 6500}} in visiting ocean depths of > 6500 meters{{cite web|title=SHINKAI 6500|url=http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/equipment/ships/shinkai6500.html|publisher=Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology|access-date=13 December 2011|quote=Pressure at a depth of 6,500 m reaches around 680 atmospheres}}

| 10,000 to 40,000 psi

| Maximal chamber pressure during a pistol firing{{cite web|url=http://www.leverguns.com/articles/saami_pressures.htm|title=SAAMI Pistol Pressure Specifications|website=SAAMI pressures|publisher=Leverguns.Com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014041459/http://leverguns.com/articles/saami_pressures.htm|archive-date=14 October 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=7 January 2012|quote=.45 Colt ... 14,000 ... 9.mm Luger +P ... 38,500}}

| 110 MPa

| 16,000 psi

| Pressure at bottom of Mariana Trench, about 11 km below ocean surface (1100 bar){{Cite journal | last1 = George | first1 = V. T. | last2 = Brooks | first2 = G. | last3 = Humphrey | first3 = T. C. | doi = 10.1091/mbc.E06-12-1141 | title = Regulation of Cell Cycle and Stress Responses to Hydrostatic Pressure in Fission Yeast | journal = Molecular Biology of the Cell | volume = 18 | issue = 10 | pages = 4168–4179 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17699598| pmc =1995737 }}

| {{convert|100|to|300|MPa|psi|disp=output only}}

| Pressure inside reactor for the synthesis of high-pressure polyethylene (HPPE)[http://nzic.org.nz/ChemProcesses/polymers/10J.pdf The manufacture of polyethylene]. nzic.org.nz

|36,000 psi

|Record diesel engine common rail fuel system pressure{{Cite news|url=http://www.globaldenso.com/en/newsreleases/130626-01.html|title=DENSO Develops a New Diesel Common Rail System With the World's Highest Injection Pressure |work=DENSO Global Website|access-date=2017-12-14|language=en-US}}

| {{convert|400|MPa|psi|disp=output only|abbr=on}}

| Chamber pressure of late 1910s .50 Browning machine gun discharge{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

| 35,000–90,000 psi

| Water pressure used in a water jet cutter{{cite web|title=Water Jet Cutting Pumps|url=http://www.kmtwaterjet.com/pumps.aspx|publisher=KMT Waterjet|access-date=8 January 2012|quote=a pump that delivers up to 90,000 PSI ... pumps that deliver 35,000 PSI to 55,000 PSI}}

| 1 GPa

|

| Extremely high-pressure chemical reactors (10 kbar){{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

|

| Diamond melts using a {{nowrap|3 kJ}} laser without turning into graphite firstNational Geographic Channel, The known universe (treasure hunt in space)

| {{convert|1.5|GPa|psi|disp=output only|abbr=on}}

| tensile strength of Inconel 625 according to Aircraft metal strength tables and the Mil-Hdbk-5{{cite web |url= http://asm.matweb.com/search/SpecificMaterial.asp?bassnum=NINC33

|title= Inconel ASM Material Data Sheet |website= Online Materials Information Resource }}

| {{convert|5.8|GPa|psi|disp=output only|abbr=on}}

| Ultimate tensile strength of the polymer Zylon

| 10 GPa

|

| Pressure at which octaoxygen forms at room temperature (100,000 bar)

|

| Pressure needed for the first commercially successful synthesis of diamond{{Cite journal |url=http://www.gem-a.com/media/74500/jog%202010%20part%206%20schmetzer%20web.pdf |title=High pressure high temperature of diamonds – a review of the patent literature from five decades (1960–2009) |last=Schmetzer |first=Karl |journal=The Journal of Gemmology |date=2010 |volume=32 |doi=10.15506/JoG.2010.32.1-4.52 |access-date=2015-05-18 |archive-date=2015-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123023843/http://www.gem-a.com/media/74500/jog%202010%20part%206%20schmetzer%20web.pdf |url-status=dead }}

|

| Stability range of enstatite in its perovskite-structured polymorph, possibly the most common mineral inside the Earth{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

|

| Quantum-mechanical electron degeneracy pressure in a block of copper{{Cite web|url=https://web1.eng.famu.fsu.edu/~dommelen/quantum/style_a/cboxdp.html|title = 6.11 Degeneracy Pressure}}

|

| Detonation pressure of pure CL-20,{{Cite book|url=http://www.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527302409_c01.pdf|title=New Energetic Materials|last=Krause|first=Horst H.|editor=Ulrich Teipel|year=2005|publisher=WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim|page=5|isbn=978-3-527-30240-6|quote=Substance ... GPa ... CL-20 ... 48.23|access-date=25 August 2012}} the most powerful high explosive in mass production

| 10,000,000 psi

| Highest water jet pressure attained in research lab{{cite web|url=http://bittooth.blogspot.com/2012/11/waterjetting-3b-pumps-intensifiers-and.html|title=Waterjetting 3b: pumps, intensifiers, and cannons|last=Summers|first=David|year=2012|quote=the highest pressure jet that we generated in the MS&T [Missouri University of Science and Technology] Laboratories was at around 10 million psi. |access-date=14 November 2012}}

|

| Pressure at which metallic oxygen forms (960,000 bar){{cite web| last=azonano.com| year=2008| url=http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1797| title=Solid Oxygen ε-Phase Crystal Structure Determined Along With The Discovery of a Red Oxygen O8 Cluster| access-date=2008-01-10}}

| 100 GPa

|

| Theoretical tensile strength of a carbon nanotube (CNT) {{cite journal |title=Strength of carbon nanotubes depends on their chemical structures |author1=A. Takakura |author2=K. Beppu |author3=T. Nishihara |author4=A. Fukui |author5=T. Kozeki |author6=T. Namazu |author7=Y. Miyauchi |author8=K. Itami |date=10 July 2019 | journal=Nature | volume=10 |issue=3040 |page=3040 |doi=10.1038/s41467-019-10959-7|pmid=31292451 |pmc=6620359 |bibcode=2019NatCo..10.3040T }}

|

| Ultimate tensile strength of monolayer graphene{{Cite journal | last1 = Lee | first1 = C. | last2 = Wei | first2 = X. | last3 = Kysar | first3 = J. W. | last4 = Hone | first4 = J. | title = Measurement of the Elastic Properties and Intrinsic Strength of Monolayer Graphene | doi = 10.1126/science.1157996 | journal = Science | volume = 321 | issue = 5887 | pages = 385–388 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18635798| url = http://www.physics.purdue.edu/quantum/files/CarbonNano/Elastic-porperty_Changgu.pdf|bibcode = 2008Sci...321..385L | s2cid = 206512830 }}

|

| Pressure inside Earth's inner core (3.64 million bar){{Cite journal | last1 = Dziewonski | first1 = A. | last2 = Anderson | first2 = D. L. | title = Preliminary reference Earth model | doi = 10.1016/0031-9201(81)90046-7 | journal = Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors | volume = 25 | issue = 4 | pages = 297–356 | year = 1981 | url = http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/dla/DLApepi81.pdf | bibcode = 1981PEPI...25..297D | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131113201057/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/dla/DLApepi81.pdf | archive-date = 2013-11-13 }}{{cite web|title=Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) (Dziewonski & Anderson, 1981)|url=http://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/prem.html|access-date=2 January 2012|quote=363.850 GPa|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415020506/http://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/prem.html|archive-date=15 April 2012}}

|

|Lower bound at which metallic hydrogen theoretically forms

|

| Pressure attainable with a diamond anvil cell[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/nov/02/improved-diamond-anvil-cell-allows-higher-pressures-than-ever-before Improved diamond anvil cell allows higher pressures Physics World November 2012]

| 5 TPa

|

| Pressure generated by the National Ignition Facility fusion reactor

| 10 TPa

|

| solid matter changes to the metastable inner-shell molecular state

|

| Pressure at which metallic helium theoretically forms{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.055504|title=Electron-Phonon Coupling and the Metallization of Solid Helium at Terapascal Pressures|year=2014|last1=Monserrat|first1=Bartomeu|last2=Drummond|first2=N. D.|last3=Pickard|first3=Chris J.|last4=Needs|first4=R. J.|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=112|issue=5|page=055504|pmid=24580611|arxiv=1311.1005|bibcode=2014PhRvL.112e5504M|s2cid=29848984}}

| 100 TPa

|

| Pressure generated by the extremely high-pressure laser implosion plasmas generator.{{cite web |title=Extremely high-pressure generation and compression with laser implosion plasmas |url=https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/102/18/183501/126462/Extremely-high-pressure-generation-and-compression}}

|

| Pressure at which metallic neon theoretically forms (the highest metallization pressure for any element){{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.5089489|title=Metallization and positive pressure dependency of bandgap in solid neon|year=2019|last1=Tang|first1=Jun|last2=Ao|first2=Bingyun|last3=Huang|first3=Li|last4=Ye|first4=Xiaoqiu|last5=Gu|first5=Yunjun|last6=Chen|first6=Qifeng|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics|volume=150|issue=11|page=111103|pmid=30901987|bibcode=2019JChPh.150k1103T|doi-access=free}}

|

| Pressure inside an "Ivy Mike"-like nuclear bomb detonation (5.3 billion bar){{cite web|title=4.4 Elements of Thermonuclear Weapon Design|url=http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq4-4.html#Nfaq4.4.3.3|website=Nuclear Weapons Frequently Asked Questions|access-date=3 January 2012|quote=Mike... Ivy... radiation pressures are 73 and 1400 megabars ... respectively ... Mike ... 5.3 x 10^9 bars ... Ivy ... 6.4 x 10^10 bars}}Calculated: ablation pressure = 5.3e9 bar * 1.01325e5 Pa/bar = 5.44e14 Pa

| 6.5 PPa

|

| Pressure inside a W80 nuclear warhead detonation (64 billion bar)Calculated: ablation pressure = 6.4e10 bar * 1.01325e5 Pa/bar = 6.48e14 Pa

| 25 PPa

|

| Pressure inside Sun's core (250 billion bar){{cite web

| last=Williams

| first=David R.

| date=September 1, 2004

| url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/sunfact.html

| title=Sun Fact Sheet

| publisher=NASA

| access-date=2008-01-23

}}

| 100 EPa - 100 YPa

|

| Pressure inside the core of a white dwarf at the Chandrasekhar limit{{Cite journal

| last=Camenzind

| first=Max

| title=Compact objects in astrophysics

| journal=Compact Objects in Astrophysics: White Dwarfs

| bibcode=2007coaw.book.....C

| doi=10.1007/978-3-540-49912-1

| year=2007

| series=Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

| isbn=978-3-540-25770-7

| url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1339093

}}

| 3.2-160 QPa

|

| Pressure range inside a neutron star{{Cite journal |last1=Ozel |first1=Feryal |last2=Freire |first2=Paulo |title=Masses, Radii, and the Equation of State of Neutron Stars |journal=Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=401–440 |date=2016 |doi=10.1146/annurev-astro-081915-023322 |bibcode=2016ARA&A..54..401O |arxiv = 1603.02698 |s2cid=119226325 }}

|

|

| Approximate pressure at the center of a proton{{cite journal |title=The pressure distribution inside the proton |author1=V. D. Burkert |author2=L. Elouadrhiri |author3=F. X. Girod |pages=396–399 |date=16 May 2018 |journal= Nature |volume=557 |issue=7705 |doi=10.1038/s41586-018-0060-z|pmid=29769668 |bibcode=2018Natur.557..396B |osti=1438388 |s2cid=21724781 |url=https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1438388 |url-access=subscription }}

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| {{val|4.6|e=113|u=Pa}}

| {{val|6.7|e=109|u=psi}}

| The Planck pressure ({{val|4.63|e=108|u=bar}})