conversion factors

[Martin Scarr]

On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Stephen Dubovsky wrote:

> At 11:35 AM 10/17/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >What are the conversions between the various pressure measurement units,
> >e.g., kPa to PSI and what are the definitions of the units, e.g., PSI=pounds
> >per square inch?  me
> >
> 
>   The easiest way to deal in US/metric units is to use something like
> MathCAD.  It has built in conversions for almost everything (and is handy
> for alot of other calculations).  So here is what it said:
> 
> 1 atm = 14.696 psi
>       = 101.325 kPa
>       = 29.921 in_Hg
>       = 760.002 torr (= mm_Hg = mbar)
>       = 1.013*10^5*kg/(m*s^2)
> I dont have the conversion for in_H2O...  (although is can be converted from
> in_Hg if you have enough info about each)
> 
I believe it's    1 atm = 407.1 inches of water

Martin Scarr