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Atmospheric Pressure

The fundamental SI unit of pressure is the Pascal (Pa), but it is a small unit so kPa is the most common direct pressure unit for atmospheric pressure.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pman.html#atm

Air pressure

physics.org page with fascinating facts all about atmospheric pressure. Did you know that you have one tonne of air pressing down on you?

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http://www.physics.org/facts/air.asp

How air pressure affects you

This page from NASA tells you all you need to know about atmospheric pressure. Find out why your ears pop or have a go at flying a hot air balloon.

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http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/index.html

Atmospheric pressure video

A short, funny film explaining the basics of air pressure and its influence on weather. Nominated for the SciCast competition.

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http://www.planet-scicast.com/view_clip.cfm?cit_id=2865

Atmospheric Pressure and altitude

From the companion website to several recent NOVA programs on Mt. Everest. This page looks at the effects of air pressure at high altitudes.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/exposure/pressure.html

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Boiling Point

The boiling point is defined as the temperature at which the saturated vapor pressure of a liquid is equal to the surrounding atmospheric pressure.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/vappre.html#c4

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Crushing Coke Can

A nice demonstration using a simple Coke can of atmospheric pressure.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/pcoke.html#coke

Lighting and Atmospheric Electricity

This site focuses on the causes and effects of lightning as well as analyzing a wide variety of atmospheric measurements related to thunderstorms.

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http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/

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Crushing Steel Drum

A nice demonstration using a simple steel drum of atmospheric pressure.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/pdrum.html#drum

GCSE Physics: Pressure

An introduction to pressure which discusses various everyday applications and the relationship between pressure and surface area.

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http://www.darvill.clara.net/enforcemot/pressure.htm

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