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scott <sco### [at] scott com> wrote:
> >> it's also useful that 1 bar ~= 10 metres of water for quick estimations.
> >
> > I didn't quite understand that.
> It's useful for quick estimations involving water (one of the most common
> pressurised fluids you come across) because it's a multiple of 10.
> eg a water tank 4 metres above the tap, pressure at the tap is 0.4 bar.
> or, 2 bar coming into your house, what's the pressure at the valve in your
> roof 6 metres up? 1.4 bar
You mean that when you dive, each 10 meters of depth adds approximately
1 bar of pressure?
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