Talk:Orders of magnitude (pressure)

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[edit] pressure washers

It seems a bit inaccurate to definitively state that all pressure washers function at the same pressure. Can we get a fact check, or better a range/clarification of this datum? -- nae'blis 02:45, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Degenerate matter

I think it would be useful to include the pressures at which various degenerate matter effects dominate, i.e. electron degeneracy, neutron degeneracy, quark, etc. These values would not be of much practical use, but would illustrate the relationship of quantum physics effects to everyday life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.76.23.45 (talk) 21:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Housefly on a postage stamp?

I ditched this example because it seems wrong. A housefly weighs about 10 mg [1] to 12 mg [2] and I just measured a standard, non-commemorative postage stamp at 20 x 23 mm. Google Calculator tells me that "10 milligrams * 9.8 metres per square second / 460 square millimetres" = 0.213043478 pascals. I haven't taken account of buoyancy, which would make the pressure even less. To get 1 Pa you would need a very big fly or a very small stamp. --Heron (talk) 14:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)