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    Atmospheric Pressure: Solving with a Mercury Barometer

    Homework Statement A mercury barometer located in a room at 25°C has a height of 750 mm. What is the atmospheric pressure in kPa? Homework Equations Patm = ρ*g*H0 The Attempt at a Solution [/B] My question pertains to the units and how it ends up as kPa in the book. I have no problem with...
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    What are the units for the Universal Gas Constant?

    I was going to use 8.314 K-1mol-1 since that is the gas constant for air. I looked through my textbook and found that °R = °F + 459.67, so I would do 70°F + 460 = °R. Would I do something with the volume to get the 144? I am not even sure what that number is doing there since the equation just...
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    What are the units for the Universal Gas Constant?

    Homework Statement Hello, I am not asking for the answer to an example, rather how the book got some numbers. The problem is an example from the book and shows me the solution but does not show the steps. Given: The compressed air tank has a volume of .84 ft^3. The temperature is 70 F and the...
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