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What does Hg stand for pressure?
Inches of Mercury
(or in Hg) Unit of atmospheric pressure used in the United States. The name comes from the use of mercurial barometers which equate the height of a column of mercury with air pressure. One inch of mercury is equivalent to 33.86 millibars or 25.40 millimeters. See barometric pressure.
How is inches of mercury measured?
In the U.S., the common standard to measure rough vacuum is inches of mercury (“Hg), which can be measured in two different ways. One method is as “Hg gauge (“HgV), where the scale starts at 0″ Hg (atmospheric pressure) and goes up to 29.92” Hg, which is perfect vacuum.
Why is it called inches of mercury?
Because liquids are much denser, if you filled that same one inch square column with water, it would only take about 34 feet to weigh the same as a 20-plus mile high column of air. So “an inch of mercury” is the pressure equivalent of about 1/30th of an atmosphere.
What does mmHg mean?
mmHg. abbreviation for. millimetre(s) of mercury (a unit of pressure equal to the pressure that can support a column of mercury 1 millimetre high)
Why is vacuum measured in mercury?
Simply put, Hg is the unit of measurement for the work output of a particular vacuum. It is described as the measurement of “inches of mercury”, which translates to millimeters of mercury for the metric system. This measurement is a comparison between the barometric pressure and the pressure within the vacuum.
What is mercury barometer?
A mercury barometer is a barometer with a column of mercury whose height varies according to the atmospheric (barometric) pressure. A barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, which is used in forecasting the weather.
What does 30 inch mercury mean?
It is the total weight of all the air above that object. An air pressure of 30 inches means the mercury will have risen to a height of exactly 30 inches.
How many feet is an inch of mercury?
Inches of mercury to Feet of water
| 1 Inches of mercury = 1.133 Feet of water | 10 Inches of mercury = 11.3295 Feet of water |
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| 2 Inches of mercury = 2.2659 Feet of water | 20 Inches of mercury = 22.6591 Feet of water |
| 3 Inches of mercury = 3.3989 Feet of water | 30 Inches of mercury = 33.9886 Feet of water |
What is Hg in mmHg?
Hg: Symbol for the metallic element mercury. The abbreviation “mm Hg” means millimeters of mercury, the height of a column of mercury, as in a blood pressure reading.
Why is blood pressure measured in mercury?
As mercury is so much denser than water or blood, even very elevated blood pressures result in it rising no more than about a foot. This quirk of medical history gives us the modern measurement unit for blood pressure: millimetres of mercury (mmHg).
What is full vacuum?
The design pressure of the pressure vessel in accordance with ASME Section VIII that is specified as FV or Full Vacuum is the state in which the internal pressure vessel is vacuum (Absolute pressure = 0 kPa) and external pressure is equal to 100 kPa which is approximately the atmospheric pressure.
How many bar is full vacuum?
1 barg
A vacuum gauge measures pressure below the atmospheric pressure. Normally the atmospheric pressure is set as zero and the vacuum pressure is given in negative values, so -1 barg (-15 psig) means complete vacuum.