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Is this list getting so desperate now that we have to import questions from rec-scuba? If this keeps up I predict even George will unsubscribe. At 21:24 30/10/96 -0500, you wrote: >>Dear Americans >> >>Please leave the French bashing to those who do it best... the English!! >> :-) > >Well you can start with this Quebecer I found over on Rec.Scuba- I mean really, how stupid can you get? > >----------------------------------------------------- >mrmorris@td*.fn*.co* wrote: >>=20 >> Well, it could be a stupid question. I recently acquired a 120 cu.ft. >> steel tank and have some questions about it. It has 2400 psi stamped >> onto it with a + sign (which means a 10% overfill is allowed). Does >> this mean that the tank with 2400 psi contains 120 cu.ft. of gas, or >> does it require 2640 psi to come up to 120 cu. ft.? >>=20 > > >Let me explain in other word. > >Whatever pressure you have in your tank, you always have 120 cu.ft in=20 >your tank. 120 cu.ft is the volume of air and is independent of the=20 >pressure. > >If you put 2640 psi in your tank, it just means that you have more air=20 >in the same 120 cu.ft volume. You just compressed more air in the same=20 >volume, therefore the pressure is higher. > >--=20 >*** Marc Dufresne >*** Pointe-Claire, Qu=E9bec >*** >*** Vive la plong=E9e ! L=E0 o=F9 tout le monde parle le m=EAme langage... >*** >*** Cet espace est disponible pour publicit=E9 ;-) >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >
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