Measurement unit: picopascal

Full name: picopascal

Plural form: picopascals

Symbol: pPa

Category type: pressure

Scale factor: 1.0E-12




SI unit: pascal

The SI derived unit for pressure is the pascal.
1 pascal is equal to 1000000000000 picopascal.



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Definition: Picopascal

The SI prefix "pico" represents a factor of 10-12, or in exponential notation, 1E-12.

So 1 picopascal = 10-12 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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