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Pressure & stress

kilopascalkPa

Kilo-scaled variant of the pascal, exactly kPa = 1000 base unit.

Dimension
pressure
Canonical signature
L^-1*M*T^-2
System
si
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 kPa = 1,000 Pa
Conversion type
linear
Historical notes
Stress shares the unit but represents a different physical concept.
Aliases
kilo pascals

Same dimension

Related units

pound per square inchimperial uspsipascalsiPabarsi acceptedbarkilopound per square inchimperial uskpsimegapound per square inchimperial usMpsiquettapascalsiQParonnapascalsiRPayottapascalsiYPa

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 kPa = 1,000 Pa

Exact relationship

10 kPa = 10,000 Pa

Exact relationship