Convert megapascals to gigapascals

Explanation

From this page you can convert megapascals to gigapascals (or MPa to GPa) simply, by using the application above.

In case you are wondering, to convert from megapascals to gigapascals you need to multiply by 0.001. This factor is calculated using the respective definitions of the two units you can find below.

Formula

1 MPa=0.001 GPa

megapascalsMPa

dimension	pressure
system	International system of units (SI)
symbol	MPa

The megapascal (MPa) is a unit of pressure.

Definition of the megapascal

One megapascal is equal to 1000000 pascals.

Equivalences

One megapascal is equivalent to:

Some Facts

Pressures in the megapascal range can be found at 100 meters under the sea, at the nozzle of a pressure washer or under a woman's foot. Indeed, considering a woman of 50 kg and a heel radius of 6 mm, every step she would pummel the ground with 4.3 megapascals of pressure, far more than what an elephant can create on one foot. One point for the ladies, I guess.

Prefix

mega

10⁶

The prefix mega- comes from the ancient Greek mégas meaning great. The associated multiplicative factor is 1 000 000 or 10⁶.

Pressure units

nanopascal	nPa	0.000 000 001
micropascal	µPa	0.000 001
millipascal	mPa	0.001
centipascal	cPa	0.01
decipascal	dPa	0.1
pascal	Pa	1
dekapascal	daPa	10
hectopascal	hPa	100
kilopascal	kPa	1000
megapascal	MPa	1 000 000
gigapascal	GPa	1 000 000 000

The International System of Units

The International System of Units or SI (from the French Système international (d'unité)), also called metric system in the U.S., is a coherent system of units that was published 1960. It is official in nearly every country.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) is tasked with overseeing the SI.

Related Conversions

gigapascalsGPa

dimension	pressure
system	International system of units (SI)
symbol	GPa

The gigapascal (GPa) is a unit of pressure.

Definition of the gigapascal

One gigapascal is equal to 1000000000 pascals.

Equivalences

One gigapascal is equivalent to:

Some Facts

Pressures of multiple gigapascals are used in the industry to make synthetics diamonds.

Prefix

giga

10⁹

The prefix giga- comes from the ancient Greek gígas meaning giant. The associated multiplicative factor is 1 000 000 000 or 10⁹.

Pressure units

nanopascal	nPa	0.000 000 001
micropascal	µPa	0.000 001
millipascal	mPa	0.001
centipascal	cPa	0.01
decipascal	dPa	0.1
pascal	Pa	1
dekapascal	daPa	10
hectopascal	hPa	100
kilopascal	kPa	1000
megapascal	MPa	1 000 000
gigapascal	GPa	1 000 000 000

The International System of Units

The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) is tasked with overseeing the SI.