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Why pressure is a scalar quantity?

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Why pressure is a scalar quantity?

Posted by Hb B 8 years ago

CBSE > Class 11 > Physics

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Ritika Thakur 8 years ago

Because acc. to pascal's law pressure is equally distributed in every direction in a fluid. So pressure has not different directions.So it has only magnitude and hence is a scaler quantity.

Abhinav Kalaliya 8 years ago

pressure=force component/area ...as any component of force is not vector hence v can say that pressure is scalar

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