Full name: gigapascal
Plural form: gigapascals
Symbol: GPa
Category type: pressure
Scale factor: 1000000000
The SI derived unit for pressure is the pascal.
1 pascal is equal to 1.0E-9 gigapascals.
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The SI prefix "giga" represents a factor of 109, or in exponential notation, 1E9.
So 1 gigapascal = 109 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.