Inch of mercury
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Inch of mercury | |
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General information | |
Unit of | Pressure |
Symbol | inHg, ″Hg |
Conversions | |
1 inHg in ... | ... is equal to ... |
SI units | 3.38639 kPa |
United States customary units | 0.491154 psi |
Inch of mercury (inHg and ″Hg) is a non-
.It is the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 1 inch (25.4 mm) in height at the standard acceleration of gravity. Conversion to metric units depends on the density of mercury, and hence its temperature; typical conversion factors are:[1]
Conditions | Pressure |
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conventional | 3386.389 pascals |
32 °F (0 °C) | 3386.38 pascals |
60 °F (16 °C) | 3376.85 pascals |
In older literature, an "inch of mercury" is based on the height of a column of mercury at 60 °F (15.6 °C).[1]
- 1 inHg60 °F = 3,376.85 pascals (33.7685 hPa)
In Imperial units: 1 inHg60 °F = 0.489 771
Applications
Aircraft and automobiles
Aircraft
Cooling systems
In air conditioning and refrigeration, inHg is often used to describe "inches of mercury vacuum", or pressures below ambient atmospheric pressure, for recovery of refrigerants from air conditioning and refrigeration systems, as well as for leak testing of systems while under a vacuum, and for dehydration of refrigeration systems. The low-side gauge in a refrigeration gauge manifold indicates pressures below ambient in "inches of mercury vacuum" (inHg), down to a 30 inHg vacuum.
Inches of mercury is also used in automotive cooling system vacuum test and fill tools. A technician will use this tool to remove air from modern automotive cooling systems, test the system's ability to hold vacuum, and subsequently refill using the vacuum as suction for the new coolant. Typical minimum vacuum values are between 22 and 27 inHg.
Vacuum brakes
Inches of mercury was the usual unit of pressure measurement in railway vacuum brakes.
See also
- Torr (millimeters of mercury)
- Bar (unit)
- Mercury barometer
- Millimetre of mercury
References
- ^ NIST Special Publication 811, Appendix B [1]
- ^ From the Ground Up – 29th Edition [ISBN missing] [page needed]