James wrote:
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> Surly kilopond is a contradiction, kilo means 1000, cm2 means square
> centemeter yes. Is't kilo from the french like 1 kg is 1000 grams,
> or kW so given a conversion factor 1.422? not shure on that but
> 1kp/cm2 = 1422 psi, hmmm unreasonable me thinks.
>
> It to it to be a miss reading kg/cm2 which is much more reasonable.
>
> --
> James Carpenter
> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
Well, in referring to my Atlas Copco manual, I see that kp/sq cm is
listed as a unit of pressure and equals .9807 bar. 1 bar = 14.7 psi,
approximately, so 1 kp/sq cm = 14.7*.9807 psi, which equals 14.22 psi.
I think the kilopond is an archaic metric unit of force that has been
replaced by the Newton. 1 kp = 9.807 Newtons. The Newton is 1
Kg/sec/sec.
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