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Pièze

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The pièze is the unit of pressure in the metre–tonne–second system of units (mts system), used, e.g., in the former Soviet Union 1933–1955. It is defined as one sthène per square metre. The symbol is pz.[1]

1 pz =
t/(m·s²) = 1000 kg/(m·s²) = 10³ Pa = 1 kPa = 0.01 bar

See also

References

  1. ^ François Cardarelli (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures: Their Si Equivalences and Origins (3rd ed.). Springer. p. 724. ISBN 9781852336820.