Convert kilobars to atmospheres

Explanation

From this page you can convert kilobars to atmospheres (or kbar to atm) simply, by using the application above.

In case you are wondering, to convert from kilobars to atmospheres you need to multiply by 986.9233. This factor is calculated using the respective definitions of the two units you can find below.

Formula

1 kbar≈986.9233 atm

kilobarskbar

dimension	pressure
symbol	kbar

The kilobar (kbar) is a metric unit of pressure not part of the SI.

Definition of the kilobar

One kilobar is equal to 1000 bars.

Equivalences

One kilobar is equivalent to:

Some Facts

At very high pressures the properties of chemical elements can change drastically. Oxygen for example, a gaz at room temperature and under normal Earth atmospheric, starts to behave like a metal at 960 kbar and even a superconductor at 1 Mbar and below 0.6 K.

Bar units

millibar	mbar	0.001
centibar	cbar	0.01
decibar	dbar	0.1
bar	bar	1
decabar	dabar	10
hectobar	hbar	100
kilobar	kbar	1000
megabar	Mbar	1 000 000

Related Conversions

atmospheresatm

dimension	pressure
symbol	atm

The standard atmosphere (atm) is a unit of pressure.

It is approximately equal to the atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level.

Definition of the atmosphere

One standard atmosphere is equal to 101325 Pa.

10^th CGPM (1954) p. 80

History

The standard atmosphere is used during the 9^th CGPM in the definition of the international temperature scale with the value of 1013250 dynes per square centimetre. That definition is reiterated during the 10^th CGPM with the mention "for all use" and the equivalence of 101325 newtons per square meter is added (and as you all know, 1 pascal is equivalent to 1 newton per square meter).

Equivalences

One standard atmosphere is equivalent to:

Some Facts

For every 10 meters you go down under water, the pressure increases by one atm.
Venus's surface atmospheric pressure is more than 90 atm.
The atmospheric pressure at the top of Mount Everest is approximately 0.33 atm.