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[[File:Pressure.png|400px|thumbnail|Figure 1: Possible pressure measurements of a system.]]

<onlyinclude>'''Gauge pressure''' is a measurement of [[pressure]] relative to [[atm|atmospheric pressure]]. For this measure of pressure, the zero point is set to be at 1 atm.</onlyinclude> The gauge pressure is given by the equation:<ref>Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Randall Knight, 4the edition pg 365. Published by Pearson, 2017.</ref>

<center><math>P_g=P_s-P_{atm}</math></center>

Where:

<math>P_s</math> is the system's pressure (or [[absolute pressure]]),

<math>P_{atm}</math> is atmospheric pressure and

<math>P_g</math> is the gauge pressure. 

This relationship is shown in Figure 1. Gauge pressure is often used in everyday situations. For example, [[Improving fuel economy#Tire pressure|tire pressure]] is measured relative to atmospheric pressure. When a car drives up a mountain the gauge pressure goes up as the atmospheric pressure decreases, but the absolute pressure of the tire remains unchanged assuming the tire does not leak at all.

Gauge pressure should not be used for calculations in the [[ideal gas law]] since it's not a true pressure, but rather a pressure difference.

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*[[Absolute zero]]
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