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Convert Pounds per square inch to Pascals

1 pound per square inch is 6,894.757293 Pa. One pound per square inch is exactly 6894.75729317 pascals.

One pound per square inch is 6894.7573 pascals. To convert pounds per square inch to pascals, multiply by 6894.7573; to go the other way, divide by 6894.7573 or multiply by 1.4504 × 10^-4. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. A pound-force spread over a square inch.

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Pascals
6,894.757293 Pa
Pounds per square inch × 6894.7573
value * 6894.757293176,894.757 Pa

1 pound per square inch in every pressure unit

UnitValueExact factor
pounds per square inch (as entered)1 psi
bars0.06894757293 bar× 0.0689475729317
pascals6,894.757293 Pa× 6,894.75729317
kilopascals6.894757293 kPa× 6.89475729317
megapascals0.006894757293 MPa× 0.00689475729317
atmospheres0.06804596391 atm× 0.0680459639099
torr51.71493257 Torr× 51.7149325715
inches of mercury2.036020461 inHg× 2.03602046108

Factors are entered by hand from NIST Special Publication 811 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert pounds per square inch to pascals?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in pounds per square inch.
  2. 2.Multiply by 6894.7573 — that is how many pascals fit in one pound per square inch.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 6894.7573, or multiply by 1.4504 × 10^-4.

Worked example: 25 pounds per square inch to pascals

Formula
psi × 6894.7573 = Pa
Arithmetic
25 × 6894.7573 = 172,368.932329 Pa
Answer
25 psi = 172,368.932329 Pa

The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.

Pounds per square inch to pascals conversion table

Pounds per square inchPascals
1 psi6,894.757293 Pa
2 psi13,789.514586 Pa
3 psi20,684.27188 Pa
4 psi27,579.029173 Pa
5 psi34,473.786466 Pa
6 psi41,368.543759 Pa
7 psi48,263.301052 Pa
8 psi55,158.058345 Pa
9 psi62,052.815639 Pa
10 psi68,947.572932 Pa
12 psi82,737.087518 Pa
15 psi103,421.359398 Pa
20 psi137,895.145863 Pa
25 psi172,368.932329 Pa
50 psi344,737.864659 Pa
100 psi689,475.729317 Pa
200 psi1,378,951.458634 Pa
300 psi2,068,427.187951 Pa
500 psi3,447,378.646585 Pa
1000 psi6,894,757.29317 Pa
2000 psi13,789,514.58634 Pa
5000 psi34,473,786.46585 Pa
10000 psi68,947,572.9317 Pa

What is a pound per square inch?

A pound-force spread over a square inch. Exact, because both parts are: it is 4.4482216152605 newtons divided by an inch squared. Every US tyre gauge, air line and pressure washer is marked in it.

What is a pascal?

The SI unit: one newton spread over one square metre. It is a small pressure — a sheet of paper resting on a table is about one pascal — which is why the kilopascal is what instruments actually read.

How many pascals are in a pound per square inch?

One pound per square inch is 6894.7573 pascals. Going the other way, one pascal is 1.4504 × 10^-4 pounds per square inch. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.

Every pressure unit here

UnitSymbolOne of these is
Pounds per square inchpsi6894.7573 pascal
Barsbar100000 pascal
PascalsPathe base unit
KilopascalskPa1000 pascal
MegapascalsMPa1000000 pascal
Atmospheresatm101325 pascal
TorrTorr133.32237 pascal
Inches of mercuryinHg3386.389 pascal

Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — pound-force is exactly 4.4482216152605 N and the inch exactly 0.0254 m

Questions people actually ask

How many pascals are in a pound per square inch?
6894.7573. The SI unit: one newton spread over one square metre. It is a small pressure — a sheet of paper resting on a table is about one pascal — which is why the kilopascal is what instruments actually read.
How do I convert pascals back to pounds per square inch?
Divide by 6894.7573, or multiply by 1.4504 × 10^-4 — they are the same operation.

Other pressure conversions

Pascals to pounds per square inch — the same conversion the other way.