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- From: mikeb@nowaksg.chem.nd.edu (Michael George Buening)
- Subject: Re: A/C manifold gauges question
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.163451.27054@news.nd.edu>
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- Organization: University of Notre Dame
- References: <1992Sep9.230529.19206@gtephx.UUCP> <1992Sep10.162339.23464@news.nd.edu> <1992Sep11.203648.18336@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:34:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep11.203648.18336@en.ecn.purdue.edu> ghg@en.ecn.purdue.edu (George Goble) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep10.162339.23464@news.nd.edu> mikeb@nowaksg.chem.nd.edu (Michael George Buening) writes:
- >>In article <1992Sep9.230529.19206@gtephx.UUCP> rakoczynskij@gtephx.UUCP (Jurek Rakoczynski) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Sep9.195545.4121@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, mark@wdcwdc.sps.mot.com (Mark Shaw) writes:
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- >>[stuff deleted for space]
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- >>>The R12 pressure (or is temperature the correct word?) in a
- >>>non-operating system should be the same no matter what the total
- >>>charge is, as long as there is still liquid R12 in the system. For
- >>>example, the pressure in a propane tank will read the same at a given
- >>>temperature no matter how much propane is actually in the tank.
- >>
- >>Whoa!!! What is the logic behind this statement. I'm not sure what
- >>you mean here but I can't make sense of this. As many of you know from
- >>a simple chem/phys text: PV=nRT
- >>where P=pressure; V=volume; n=amount of the gas (in moles); T=temp
- >>and R= gas constant. When you change any one of the variables,
- >>n,T or V, you change P. If you have more propane in a tank at the
- >>same temp you will have more pressure. Because this is related to
- >>n, or the amount of propane, you can correlate pressure with concentration
- >>if you know what the volume is.
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- >WHOA! PV=nRT is the gas law. It only applies if there is no "liquid"
- >in the tank or refrigeration system. If any liquid is present, the
- >pressure will follow the pressure/temp relationship for the substance.
- >Propane is an almost exact Match for R-22.
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- All right already! See if I ever write again late at night. I forgot about
- the liquid part, OK. I like this group but I don't think I can actually
- keep up with the traffic but I'll try to learn on occasion. Autos are great
- and in order to fully appreciate them you need to learn how they work. I know
- less than any of you so I'll keep my mouth shut. (your welcome :-))
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- --Michael Buening
- internet:mikeb@nowaksg.chem.nd.edu
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