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The average air pressure at sea
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level is equivalent to the
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pressure produced by a column
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of water about 10 meters (or
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about 76 cm of mercury
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column).
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This standard atmosphere
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pressure is often expressed as
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1013 mb (millibars), which
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means a pressure of about 1
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kilogram per square centimeter
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(14.7lbs/in2).
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