Pressure is how much force acts on each unit of area. The same force spread over a smaller area gives a higher pressure, which is why a knife cuts and snowshoes stop you sinking.
Enter the force in newtons and the area in m², cm² or mm². The calculator gives the pressure in pascals and converts it to kPa, bar, atmospheres and psi.
| Force (F) | 600 N |
| Area (A) | 150 |
| Area unit | cm² |
| Pressure (Pa = N/m²) | 40,000 |
| Pressure (kPa) | 40 |
| Pressure (bar) | 0.4 |
| Pressure (atm) | 0.394769 |
| Pressure (psi) | 5.80151 |
A 600 N person on 150 cm² exerts 40 kPa.
Try this example →| Force (F) | 20 N |
| Area (A) | 0.1 |
| Area unit | mm² |
| Pressure (Pa = N/m²) | 200,000,000 |
| Pressure (kPa) | 200,000 |
| Pressure (bar) | 2,000 |
| Pressure (atm) | 1,973.85 |
| Pressure (psi) | 29,007.5 |
20 N on a 0.1 mm² point gives 200,000,000 Pa — enough to push into wood.
Try this example →Pressure = force ÷ area (P = F/A). The SI unit is the pascal (Pa), equal to 1 N/m².
Its edge has a tiny area, so the same force produces a much larger pressure.
101,325 Pa, or about 101.3 kPa.
Divide by 10,000. For example, 50 cm² = 0.005 m².