Orders of magnitude (pressure)


This is a tabulated listing of the orders of magnitude in relation to pressure expressed in pascals.
MagnitudePressurelbf/in2 or dBItem
10−17 Pa
10 aPaPressure in outer space in intergalactic voids
10−15 Pa
1–10 fPaPressure in outer space between stars in the Milky Way
10−12 Pa
< 1 pPaLowest pressure obtained in laboratory conditions
10−11 Pa
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10−11 Pa
40 pPaAtmosphere of the Moon at lunar day, very approximately
10−10 Pa
100 pPaAtmosphere of Mercury, very approximately
10−10 Pa
800 pPaAtmosphere of the Moon at lunar night, very approximately
10−9 Pa
< 1 nPaVacuum expected in the beam pipe of the Large Hadron Collider's Atlas experiment
10−9 Pa
~1 nPaApproximate solar wind pressure at Earth's distance from the Sun
10−8 Pa
10 nPaPressure inside a vacuum chamber for laser cooling of atoms
10−8 Pa
10–700 nPaAtmospheric pressure in low Earth orbit, around 500 km altitude
10−7 Pa
100 nPaHighest pressure still considered ultra-high vacuum
10−6 Pa
0.1 - 10 µPaPressure inside a cathode ray tube
10−6 Pa
1 µPaReference pressure for sound in water
10−6 Pa
1 µPaPressure inside a vacuum tube
10−5 Pa
10 µPaRadiation pressure of sunlight on a perfectly reflecting surface at the distance of the Earth.
10−5 Pa
20 µPa0 dBReference pressure for sound in air
10−5 Pa
±20 µPa0 dBThreshold of human hearing
10−4 Pa
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10−3 Pa
1–100 mPaVacuum pressures used for molecular distillation
10−2 Pa
10−1 Pa
100 mPaUpper limit of high vacuum
10−1 Pa
~200 mPaAtmospheric pressure on Pluto
1 Pa
1 PaPressure exerted by a US dollar bill resting flat on a surface
1 Pa
1 PaUpper limit of molecular distillation, where the mean free path of molecules is larger than the equipment size
10 Pa
10 PaPressure increase per millimeter of a water column at Earth mean sea level
10 Pa
10 PaPressure due to direct impact of a gentle breeze
10 Pa
86 PaPressure from the weight of a U.S. penny lying flat
102 Pa
100 PaPressure due to direct impact of a strong breeze
102 Pa
120 PaPressure from the weight of a U.S. quarter lying flat
102 Pa
133 Pa1 torr ≈ 1 mmHg
102 Pa
±200 Pa~140 dBThreshold of pain pressure level for sound. Prolonged exposure may lead to hearing loss.
102 Pa
±300 Pa±0.043 psiLung air pressure difference moving the normal breaths of a person
102 Pa
400–900 Pa0.06–0.13 psiAtmospheric pressure on Mars, < 1% of atmospheric sea-level pressure on Earth
102 Pa
610 Pa0.089 psiPartial vapour pressure at the triple point of water.
103 Pa
1–10 kPaTypical explosion peak overpressure needed to break glass windows
103 Pa
2 kPaPressure of popping popcorn
103 Pa
2.6 kPa0.38 psiPressure to make water boil at room temperature
103 Pa
5 kPa0.8 psiBlood pressure fluctuation between heartbeats for a typical healthy adult
103 Pa
6.3 kPa0.9 psiPressure where water boils at normal human body temperature, the pressure below which humans absolutely cannot survive.
103 Pa
+9.8 kPa+1.4 psiLung pressure that a typical person can exert
104 Pa
10 kPa1.5 psiPressure increase per meter of a water column
104 Pa
10 kPa1.5 psiDecrease in air pressure when going from Earth sea level to 1000 m elevation
104 Pa
+13 kPa+1.9 psiHigh air pressure for human lung, measured for trumpet player making staccato high notes
104 Pa
< +16 kPa+2.3 psiSystolic blood pressure in a healthy adult while at rest
104 Pa
+19.3 kPa+2.8 psiHigh end of lung pressure, exertable without injury by a healthy person for brief times
104 Pa
+34 kPa+5 psiLevel of long-duration blast overpressure that would cause most buildings to collapse
104 Pa
34 kPaAtmospheric pressure at the summit of Mount Everest
104 Pa
+70 kPa+10 psiPressure for paint exiting an HVLP paint spray gun
104 Pa
70 kPaPressure inside an incandescent light bulb
104 Pa
75 kPaMinimum airplane cabin pressure and lowest pressure for normal breathing.
104 Pa
80 kPa12 psiPressure inside vacuum cleaner at sea level on Earth
104 Pa
87 kPa13 psiRecord low atmospheric pressure for typhoon/hurricane
105 Pa
100 kPa15 psi1 bar, approximately equal to the weight of one kilogram acting on one square centimeter
105 Pa
101.325 kPa
15 psiStandard atmospheric pressure for Earth sea level
105 Pa
25 to > 80 psiImpact pressure of a fist punch
105 Pa
+26 to +36 psiAir pressure in an automobile tire relative to atmosphere
105 Pa
+30 to +130 psiAir pressure in a bicycle tire relative to atmosphere
105 Pa
50 psiWater pressure of a garden hose
105 Pa
300 to 700 kPa50–100 psiTypical water pressure of a municipal water supply in the US
105 Pa
400 to 600 kPa60–90 psiCarbon dioxide pressure in a champagne bottle
105 Pa
Partial vapour pressure at the triple point of carbon dioxide
105 Pa
+690 to +830 kPa+100 to +120 psiAir pressure in a heavy truck/bus tire relative to atmosphere
105 Pa
800 kPaVapor pressure of water in a kernel of popcorn when the kernel ruptures
106 Pa
0.8–2 MPa120–290 psiPressure used in boilers of steam locomotives
106 Pa
162 psiPressure of an average human bite
106 Pa
2.8–8.3 MPa400–1200 psiPressure of carbon dioxide propellant in a paintball gun
106 Pa
700 psiWater pressure of the output of a coin-operated car wash spray nozzle
106 Pa
5 MPa700 psiMilitary submarine max. rated pressure of Seawolf-class nuclear submarine, at depth of
106 Pa
10-21 MPa1500-3000 psiChamber pressure of a high-powered air gun
106 Pa
6.9–27 MPa1000–4000 psiWater spray pressure used by pressure washers
106 Pa
9.2 MPa1300 psiAtmosphere of Venus
107 Pa
> 10 MPa> 1500 psiPressure exerted by a woman wearing stiletto heels when a heel hits the floor
107 Pa
20 MPa2900 psiTypical pressure used for hydrogenolysis reactions
107 Pa
21 MPa3000 psiPressure of a typical aluminium scuba tank of pressurized air
107 Pa
21 MPa3000 psiBallistic pressure exerted as high-power bullet strikes a solid bulletproof object
107 Pa
22 MPa3200 psiCritical pressure of water
107 Pa
25 MPa3600 psiRecord diesel engine common rail fuel system pressure.
107 Pa
28 MPa4100 psiOverpressure caused by the bomb explosion during the Oklahoma City bombing
107 Pa
69 MPa10000 psiWater pressure withstood by the DSV Shinkai 6500 in visiting ocean depths of > 6500 meters
107 Pa
70 to 280 MPa10000 to 40000 psiMaximal chamber pressure during a pistol firing
108 Pa
70 to 280 MPa10000 to 40000 psiMaximal chamber pressure during a pistol firing
108 Pa
110 MPa16000 psiPressure at bottom of Mariana Trench, about 11 km below ocean surface
108 Pa
100 to 300 MPaPressure inside reactor for the synthesis of high-pressure polyethylene
108 Pa
400 MPaChamber pressure of late 1910s.50 Browning machine gun discharge
108 Pa
35000–90000 psiWater pressure used in a water jet cutter
109 Pa
1 GPaExtremely high-pressure chemical reactors
109 Pa
1.5 GPaDiamond melts using a laser without turning into graphite first.
109 Pa
1.5 GPatensile strength of Inconel 625 according to Aircraft metal strength tables and the Mil-Hdbk-5
109 Pa
5.8 GPaUltimate tensile strength of the polymer Zylon
1010 Pa
10 GPaPressure at which octaoxygen forms at room temperature
1010 Pa
18 GPaPressure needed for the first commercially successful synthesis of diamond
1010 Pa
24 to 110 GPaStability range of enstatite in its perovskite-structured polymorph, possibly the most common mineral inside the Earth
1010 Pa
40 GPaQuantum-mechanical electron degeneracy pressure in a block of copper
1010 Pa
48 GPaDetonation pressure of pure CL-20, the most powerful high explosive in mass production.
1010 Pa
10,000,000 psiHighest water jet pressure attained in research lab
1010 Pa
96 GPaPressure at which metallic oxygen forms
1011 Pa
100 GPaTheoretical tensile strength of a carbon nanotube
1011 Pa
130 GPaUltimate tensile strength of monolayer graphene
1011 Pa
360 GPaPressure inside Earth's inner core
1011 Pa
495 GPaLower bound at which metallic hydrogen theoretically forms
1011 Pa
> 600 GPaPressure attainable with a diamond anvil cell
1012 Pa
5 TPaPressure generated by the National Ignition Facility fusion reactor
1013 Pa
10 TPasolid matter changes to the metastable inner-shell molecular state
1014 Pa
540 TPaPressure inside an Ivy Mike-like nuclear bomb detonation
1015 Pa
6.5 PPaPressure inside a W80 nuclear warhead detonation
1016 Pa
25 PPaPressure inside Sun's core
1023 Pa100 EPa - 100 YPaPressure inside the core of a white dwarf at the Chandrasekhar limit
1034 PaPressure range inside a neutron star
1035 PaApproximate pressure at the center of a proton
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10113 PaThe Planck pressure