mmH2O\text{mmH}_{2}\text{O}

millimeter of water column

Pressureexact by definition

The millimetre of water column is the pressure at the base of a 1 mm column of water, taken conventionally as density 1000 kg/m³ under standard gravity, giving exactly 9.80665 pascals. It is the unit of low-pressure gas work, draft measurement and manometry, where a pascal is too small to read off a tube and a kilopascal is far too large.

Watch out: Real water is not exactly 1000 kg/m³, so an actual manometer reads slightly differently from the conventional value depending on temperature. The conventional figure is the one used for unit conversion and is what this site applies to every water column unit, which keeps mm, cm, m, inches and feet of water mutually consistent.

1 mmH2O\text{mmH}_{2}\text{O} 0.00980665 kPa\text{kPa}

One millimeter of water column in every pressure unit

98.0665microbar (μbar)
98.0665barye (Ba)
73.5559millitorr (mTorr)
9.80665pascal (Pa)
1millimeter of water column (mmH₂O)this unit
0.204816pound per square foot (lb/ft²)
0.1centimeter of water column (cmH₂O)
0.0980665hectopascal (hPa)
0.0980665millibar (mbar)
0.0735559torr (Torr)
0.0735559millimeter of mercury (mmHg)
0.0393701inch of water column (in w.g.)
0.00980665kilopascal (kPa)
0.00328084foot of water column (ft H₂O)
0.0028959inch of mercury (inHg)
0.00142233pound per square inch (psi)
0.001meter of water column (m H₂O)
0.000980665decibar (dbar)
0.0001kilogram-force per square centimeter (kgf/cm²)
0.0000980665bar (bar)
0.0000967841atmosphere (atm)
0.00000980665megapascal (MPa)
0.00000142233kip per square inch (ksi)
9.80665e-09gigapascal (GPa)
1.42233e-09million pounds per square inch (Mpsi)