A student reads a barometer in the laboratory and finds the prevailing atmospheric pressure to be 742 mm Hg. Express this pressure in atmospheres, kilopascals, torrs, and bars.Hint: 1 atm = 101.3 kPa = 1.013 bar = 760 torr = 760 mm Hg = 14.69 psi atm kPa torr bar

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A student reads a barometer in the laboratory and finds the prevailing atmospheric pressure to be 742 mm Hg. Express this pressure in atmospheres, kilopascals, torrs, and bars.

Hint: 1 atm = 101.3 kPa = 1.013 bar = 760 torr = 760 mm Hg = 14.69 psi

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 bar
 
 
 
 
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