Pascal's Principle: Valid w/o Gravity?

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Pascal's Principle is universally valid, regardless of the presence of gravity. This principle states that any pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted undiminished throughout the fluid. The discussion clarifies that gravity does not affect the validity of Pascal's Principle, although it can influence demonstrations of the principle due to hydrostatic pressure variations on Earth. Thus, Pascal's Principle holds true in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments.

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Is Pascal's Principle valid with no gravity?
 
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"Pascal's Principle" says that if you apply pressure to any part of a fluid, that pressure is transmitted to all parts of the fluid. That has nothing at all to do with gravity and is true whether gravity is present (on the surface of the earth, say) or not (in deep space far from any massive body).
 
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Kailelz said:
Is Pascal's Principle valid with no gravity?
Gravity will actually interfere with some of the nicest demonstrations of that principle because the hydrostatic pressure varies with depth on Earth.
 
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Thanks to both of you! That is what I had thought, just wanted to make sure.
 

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