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Old 01-15-2016, 03:51 PM   #67
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I was referring to the ratio of pressure gain for nitrogen to pressure gain for (moist) air. Basically, I am trying to figure out if we have certain ΔT, what is ΔP_air/ΔP_nitrogen. So 3/2. Not saying though that my entire math (or physics) is correct, criticisms and corrections are very welcome!
Well that's the trick isn't it, your math actually says that you'll see a ~3% difference in pressure for a given amount of air.

If that given amount of atmospheric air is at 30 psi at X temp then nitrogen would be approximately 3% less pressure so that's a ~1 psi difference, you've totally validated my estimates!

Math is fun,
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