Date:         Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:33:16 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: measuring pressure inside of a propane tank?
Comments: To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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At 03:04 PM 11/1/2001, Matthew Pollard wrote:
>This is for an ideal gas though.... Propane is NOT ideal, esp at high
>pressures. We'll need the van der waals equation for a better answer.
>
>But that gives you an idea that we have a lot of pressure here!

Better to use the equations for vapor pressure of liquid propane...

d


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