What is the height of the water column which could be supported by the atmosphere at sea level.

Answer 1

Let's calculate it meters. Use the equation P = hdg where h is the height of the water column in meters, d is the density of water in kg/m³, and g is the acceleration of gravity.

Standard atmospheric pressure in Pascals is 1.013 x 10⁵, d = 997 kg/m³, g = 9.81 m/s².

1.013 x 10⁵ = h x 997 kg/m³ x 9.81 m/s² . Solve for h to get

10.36 meters

This is close to one of the values I found on the internet at 10.33m