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randombill
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Really simple question but it's been making me a little confused.
Lets imagine we have a container (cubic with length of 1 meter) with a pressure of 1 Pascal and then an area inside the container of 1 mm^2 is chosen to measure the force on that area, what would the pressure be? 1 Pascal or 1000 Pascals?
My guess is the gas pressure applied to the smaller area would be larger than the pressure on the walls of the entire container similar to how a hammer can put a nail in wood easier than a blunt object.
Lets imagine we have a container (cubic with length of 1 meter) with a pressure of 1 Pascal and then an area inside the container of 1 mm^2 is chosen to measure the force on that area, what would the pressure be? 1 Pascal or 1000 Pascals?
My guess is the gas pressure applied to the smaller area would be larger than the pressure on the walls of the entire container similar to how a hammer can put a nail in wood easier than a blunt object.