Input interpretation
polar solvents | critical pressure
Summary
median | 5.2 MPa highest | 22.064 MPa (water) lowest | 4.42 MPa (1-butanol) distribution | | (based on 13 values; 2 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
formic acid | dimethyl sulfoxide (total: 2)
Distribution plots
(critical pressure in megapascals)
Critical pressure rankings
1 | 1-butanol | 4.42 MPa 2 | N, N-dimethylformamide | 4.48 MPa 3 | acetone | 4.72 MPa 4 | isopropanol | 4.762 MPa 5 | acetonitrile | 4.83 MPa 6 | tetrahydrofuran | 5.19 MPa 7 | 1, 4-dioxane | 5.21 MPa 8 | N-propanol | 5.2 MPa 9 | acetic acid | 5.791 MPa 10 | methylene chloride | 6.079 MPa 11 | ethanol | 6.4 MPa 12 | methanol | 7.95 MPa 13 | water | 22.064 MPa (based on 13 values; 2 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median critical pressure 5.2 MPa
5.2×10^6 Pa (pascals)
5.2×10^6 N/m^2 (newtons per square meter)
530.3 tf/m^2 (metric tons-force per square meter)
51.32 atm (atmospheres) (unit officially deprecated)
52 bars
520 dbar (decibars)
0.052 kbar (kilobars)
530.3 m WC (meters of water column)
0.5303 km WC (kilometers of water column)
754.2 psi (pounds-force per square inch)
108600 lbf/ft^2 (pounds-force per square foot)
Comparisons for median critical pressure 5.2 MPa
≈ 0.52 × pressure exerted by a 45 kg woman wearing stiletto heels ( ≈ 1×10^7 Pa )
≈ 0.6 × atmospheric pressure on the surface of Venus ( ≈ 9 MPa )
≈ (0.3 to 2.6) × typical pressure range in a light water nuclear reactor ( 2 to 17 MPa )
Corresponding quantity
Depth of water d giving gauge pressure p_e from p_e = ρ_(H_2O)gh: | 530 meters | 0.33 miles | 1740 feet | (assuming maximum water density ≈ 1000 kg/m^3)