Pounds per Square Inch Conversion Calculator

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What Are Pounds per Square Inch?

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Pounds per square inch are a measurement of pressure.

The pound per square inch is a US customary and imperial unit of pressure. A pound per square inch is sometimes also referred to as a pound-force per square inch. Pounds per square inch can be abbreviated as psi; for example, 1 pound per square inch can be written as 1 psi.

PSI can be expressed using the formula:
1 psi = 1 lbfin2

Pressure in pounds per square inch are equal to the pound-force divided by the area in square inches.

Uses

Pounds per square inch are used to measure pressure in industrial and technical fields where gauge pressure measurements are needed. They are also used for things as simple as measuring tire pressure.

How Much Is a Pound per Square Inch?

One pound per square inch is the pressure of equal to one pound-force per square inch.

How to Convert Pounds per Square Inch

To convert pounds per square inch to another unit of pressure, you need to multiply the value by a conversion factor. A conversion factor is a numerical value used to change the units of a measurement without changing the value.[1]

You can find the conversion factors for pounds per square inch in the conversion table below.

Then, multiply the pressure measurement by the conversion factor to find the equivalent value in the desired unit of measurement.

pounds per square inch × conversion factor = result

You can also use a calculator, such as one of the converters below, for the conversion.

Pounds per Square Inch Conversion Table

Common pounds per square inch values and equivalent imperial and metric pressure measurements
pounds per square inch pascals hectopascals atmospheres bars millibars kilograms per square centimeter kilograms per square meter pounds per square foot torr
1 psi 6,895 Pa 68.9475 hPa 0.068046 atm 0.068948 bar 68.9475 mbar 0.070307 kgf/cm² 703.068836 kgf/m² 144 psf 51.714878 Torr
2 psi 13,790 Pa 137.895 hPa 0.136092 atm 0.137895 bar 137.895 mbar 0.140614 kgf/cm² 1,406 kgf/m² 288 psf 103.429756 Torr
3 psi 20,684 Pa 206.8425 hPa 0.204138 atm 0.206843 bar 206.8425 mbar 0.210921 kgf/cm² 2,109 kgf/m² 432 psf 155.144634 Torr
4 psi 27,579 Pa 275.79 hPa 0.272184 atm 0.27579 bar 275.79 mbar 0.281228 kgf/cm² 2,812 kgf/m² 576 psf 206.859511 Torr
5 psi 34,474 Pa 344.7375 hPa 0.340229 atm 0.344738 bar 344.7375 mbar 0.351534 kgf/cm² 3,515 kgf/m² 720 psf 258.574389 Torr
6 psi 41,369 Pa 413.685 hPa 0.408275 atm 0.413685 bar 413.685 mbar 0.421841 kgf/cm² 4,218 kgf/m² 864 psf 310.289267 Torr
7 psi 48,263 Pa 482.6325 hPa 0.476321 atm 0.482633 bar 482.6325 mbar 0.492148 kgf/cm² 4,921 kgf/m² 1,008 psf 362.004145 Torr
8 psi 55,158 Pa 551.58 hPa 0.544367 atm 0.55158 bar 551.58 mbar 0.562455 kgf/cm² 5,625 kgf/m² 1,152 psf 413.719023 Torr
9 psi 62,053 Pa 620.5275 hPa 0.612413 atm 0.620528 bar 620.5275 mbar 0.632762 kgf/cm² 6,328 kgf/m² 1,296 psf 465.433901 Torr
10 psi 68,948 Pa 689.475 hPa 0.680459 atm 0.689475 bar 689.475 mbar 0.703069 kgf/cm² 7,031 kgf/m² 1,440 psf 517.148779 Torr
11 psi 75,842 Pa 758.4225 hPa 0.748505 atm 0.758423 bar 758.4225 mbar 0.773376 kgf/cm² 7,734 kgf/m² 1,584 psf 568.863657 Torr
12 psi 82,737 Pa 827.37 hPa 0.816551 atm 0.82737 bar 827.37 mbar 0.843683 kgf/cm² 8,437 kgf/m² 1,728 psf 620.578534 Torr
13 psi 89,632 Pa 896.3175 hPa 0.884597 atm 0.896318 bar 896.3175 mbar 0.913989 kgf/cm² 9,140 kgf/m² 1,872 psf 672.293412 Torr
14 psi 96,527 Pa 965.265 hPa 0.952642 atm 0.965265 bar 965.265 mbar 0.984296 kgf/cm² 9,843 kgf/m² 2,016 psf 724.00829 Torr
15 psi 103,421 Pa 1,034 hPa 1.020688 atm 1.034213 bar 1,034 mbar 1.054603 kgf/cm² 10,546 kgf/m² 2,160 psf 775.723168 Torr
16 psi 110,316 Pa 1,103 hPa 1.088734 atm 1.10316 bar 1,103 mbar 1.12491 kgf/cm² 11,249 kgf/m² 2,304 psf 827.438046 Torr
17 psi 117,211 Pa 1,172 hPa 1.15678 atm 1.172108 bar 1,172 mbar 1.195217 kgf/cm² 11,952 kgf/m² 2,448 psf 879.152924 Torr
18 psi 124,106 Pa 1,241 hPa 1.224826 atm 1.241055 bar 1,241 mbar 1.265524 kgf/cm² 12,655 kgf/m² 2,592 psf 930.867802 Torr
19 psi 131,000 Pa 1,310 hPa 1.292872 atm 1.310003 bar 1,310 mbar 1.335831 kgf/cm² 13,358 kgf/m² 2,736 psf 982.582679 Torr
20 psi 137,895 Pa 1,379 hPa 1.360918 atm 1.37895 bar 1,379 mbar 1.406138 kgf/cm² 14,061 kgf/m² 2,880 psf 1,034 Torr

Pounds per Square Inch Conversion Calculators

You can also convert pressure using one of our pounds per square inch converters below.

References

  1. National Institute of Standards & Technology, Unit Conversion, https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/unit-conversion

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