Leamon Davenport wrote:
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> Michael Marr wrote:
> >
> > James wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> "kp" is kilopascals (1000 pascals) I don't recall the conversion but you
> should be able to find it easily.
A kilopascal (kPa) is different from a kilopond (kp). A Pascal is a
unit of pressure (defined as force per unit area), whereas a kp is a
unit of force. If the compressor were rated in Pascals, the units would
be in kPa, not kPa/sq. cm.
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