Measurement unit: dekapascal

Full name: dekapascal

Plural form: dekapascal

Symbol: daPa

Alternate spelling: decapascal

Category type: pressure

Scale factor: 10




SI unit: pascal

The SI derived unit for pressure is the pascal.
1 pascal is equal to 0.1 dekapascal.



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Definition: Dekapascal

The SI prefix "deka" represents a factor of 101, or in exponential notation, 1E1.

So 1 dekapascal = 101 pascals.

The definition of a pascal is as follows:

The pascal (symbol Pa) is the SI unit of pressure.It is equivalent to one newton per square metre. The unit is named after Blaise Pascal, the eminent French mathematician, physicist and philosopher.


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