Thursday, August 11, 2011

Chemistry: What's Hot Now: Pressure Conversions

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Pressure Conversions
Aug 11th 2011, 10:02

Problem

A radio station announcer reports the atmospheric pressure to be 99.6 kPa. What is the pressure in atmospheres? In millimeters of mercury?

Solution

Look up conversions factors in a table to convert between kilopascals and atmospheres and millimeters of mercury. Use a conversion factor approach to solve the problem:

99.6 kPa x 1 atm/101.3 kPa = 0.983 atm

0.983 atm x 760 mm Hg/1 atm = 747 mm Hg

Answer

0.983 atm; 747 mm Hg

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