Re: She won't blow (my compressor)

[Michael Burdick <mburdick@netserv.unmc.edu>]

On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, stuart l friedman wrote:

> >9.5 kg/square cm is, not being all that "metrically inclined" either.
> >
> 
> 9.5 kg x 2.2 lbs/kg = 20.9 lbs
> 
> 1 cm x cm x (1/2.5) cm/in x 1/2.5 cm/in = .16 in^2
> 
> so 9.5 kg/cm^2 = 20.9 / .16 = 130 psi. (approximately)

Or, if you're lazy and have a unix account:

49 > units
you have: kg/cm2
you want: lb/in2
        * 1.422334e+01
        / 7.030696e-02

9.5*14.2 = 134.9 psi

Mike Burdick
Omaha NE