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Mark,

It is 0.075 lbs per cu foot of air, so you can get the real number for your
self.
Sometimes theygoof it up by including/excluding the valve.

Doug

At 03:52 PM 4/20/97 -0400, you wrote:
>While looking over the bouyancy characteristics  LP steel tanks I came
>across something that doesn't exactly make sense;
>
>According to OMS the difference in bouyancy for a 98cf from full to
>empty is about 8lbs (-7.73full/0empty)
>
>The numbers for a PST 95 are -4.75lbs full/-1.75lbs empty.
>
>What doesn't make sense is how can the PST change only 3lbs from full to
>empty when the actual air weighs at least 6lbs?
>
>Does anyone have any ifo on this?
>
>Mark
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Mark Melendez
>SUBMRGE@wo*.at*.ne*
>
>
>



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          Doug Buckley

               "I never forget a wreck dive"   - Bugley, 1973
               "Which wreck was the last one?"   Truk Lagoon  - 1997

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