Henry , WE didn't invent this crazy measure , were just reporting what
they used in 1960 !!!
its : pounds of h2o2 per cross section square inch per minute !!!!!
Kevin Bollinger
Chief Scientist ERPS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "ERPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [ERPS] Catalyst Numbers
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Hans Ulrich Ammann wrote:
> > ...With the unit [lb] one has always to be aware whether it stands for
> > mass or force. In metric units [N] stands for force and [Kg] stands
> > for mass so there is no ambiguity.
>
> Except, of course, that there are a depressing number of old (and even
> not-so-old) publications which measure force in kg...
>
> If one is talking about propellant flow per unit area and one must use
> barbarous units :-), one should quote in lb/s/in^2, not lb/in^2/s.
>
> Henry Spencer
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