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A standard atmosphere, abbreviated atm, is a unit of pressure that is equal to the average atmospheric pressure at sea level. It is equal to 101,325 pascals,[1] which is the SI unit of pressure. When scientists refer to STP (standard temperature and pressure), this refers to a set of conditions for a system, one of which is a pressure of 1 atm.
This is an important unit when referring to gasses, as pressure is one of the determining factors of the volume of a gas.
Conversions
To read more about the atm, click here.
References
- ↑ R. Serway and J. Jewett, "Pressure," in Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 8th ed., Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning, 2010, ch.14, sec.1, pp. 405