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This note suggests and discusses responses to the question: how does the pressure due to molecular impacts on the ground correspond exactly to the Newtonian force balance? In other words, the value obtained when the weight of a column of air is divided by the area of its base.
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Viennot, L. (2014). Appendix B The weight of air and molecular impacts: how do they relate?. In: Thinking in Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8666-9_11
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