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Old 01-15-2016, 04:08 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by strat61caster View Post
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,


It appears to me that we agree in principle, and where we appear to disagree, it's not an actual disagreement, because we are talking about different things, so obviously we see different numbers. I'll get back to this later, and I'll also try to get my Rs correct.
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