Steel tensile strength conversions
The tensile strength of steel can be quoted on a number of imperial and metric scales. The factors below are useful for converting.
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One newton per square mm is equal to :- |
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Metric |
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bar |
10 |
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kilopascal |
1000 |
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hectopascal |
10000 |
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megapascal |
1 |
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millibar |
10000 |
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pascal |
1000000 |
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kilogram per square centimetre |
10.19716 |
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kilogram per square metre |
101971.6 |
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newton per square metre |
1000000 |
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kilonewton per square metre |
1000 |
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meganewton per square metre |
1 |
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newton per square centimetre |
100 |
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British and U.S. (Imperial system) |
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thousand pounds per square inch |
0.1450377 |
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pound per square inch |
145.0377 |
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pound per square foot |
20885.43 |
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ton per square inch |
0.07251887 |
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ton per square foot |
10.44272 |
Whilst conversions between tensile strengths and steel hardness are not exact comparisons a chart showing comparisons can be found here.
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Posted: June 18th, 2010 under Steel, steel strip.
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