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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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What does Kpa stand for/mean? is it pressure i.e. psi/bar?

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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 01:52 PM
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its kilo pascals

1kpa = 1 bar (or 14.7psi)

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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
its kilo pascals

1kpa = 1 bar (or 14.7psi)

no 1 bar is 14.5 psi
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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1 bar = 14.50378 psi
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by gingeRS
its kilo pascals

1kpa = 1 bar (or 14.7psi)

wrong - there are 10,000 pascals in 1 bar
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION!

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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
Originally Posted by gingeRS
its kilo pascals

1kpa = 1 bar (or 14.7psi)

wrong - there are 10,000 pascals in 1 bar
Nick,

I think you have the decimal point in the wrong place mate...there are 100,000 pascals in a BAR...lol

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Old Feb 10, 2007 | 11:24 AM
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ian, thanks for correcting me. there are indeed 100,000 (10^5)
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Old Feb 10, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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you lot are so padantic (garentee one of them will correct my spelling of padantic )
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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useful comment
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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someones getting confused with lambda ratio
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