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Why the mercury pressur is multiplied with 12.6 to convert it into water pressure though its density is 13.6 times of water?
The conversion factor of 12.6 is used to convert Mercury pressure to water pressure because pressure is directly proportional to the density of the fluid. Since mercury has a density that is 13.6 times greater than water, the pressure exerted by a column of mercury will be 13.6 times greater than the pressure exerted by a column of water of the same height. Therefore, to convert mercury pressure to water pressure, we need to divide by the ratio of the densities, which is 13.6.
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How do you convert from milliliters to kilo pascals?
Milliliters belong to the volume and capacity measures. Kilopascals belong to the pressure or stress measures. One cannot be converted to the other. I do not know the correct answer. However the questioner could be referring to millimeters of mercury which is a pressure measurement and would convert to pascals.
How we convert 760 torr into 101325 newton per meter square?
760 torr is equivalent to the pressure exerted by the mass of a column of mercury that is 760 mm (or 0.76 metres) high. That is, the pressure exerted by a mass of 0.76 cubic metres of mercury on an area of one square metre. Density of mercury = 13.534 g/cm3 or 13,534 kg/m3. So mass of column of mercury = 0.76*13.534 = 10,286 kg Therefore pressure = weight of 10,286 kg/m2 = 10,286*g Newtons/m2 Now, g = 9.80665 (average of polar and equatorial values) Therefore, pressure = 10,286*9.80665 = 100,870 Newtons/sq metre. I cannot get the exact value but that may be because of rounding of "constants".
How do you convert inches Mercury to ATM?
Multiply inches of mercury by 0.033421057 to get atmospheres.
What is the Density of mercury if 23.1 cm3 has a mass of 314g?
Density = Mass/Volume ; so density = 314/23.1 => 13.5931 gcm-3 or 13.5931 g/cm3
If pressure is stated in inches that means inches of what?
Inches of mercury. It is so named because it originates from a certain pressure measurement tool that includes a column of liquid mercury.
