I agree. I hadn't considered the submersion depth of the probe for additional pressure head. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <a...@lomaxdesign.com>wrote:
> At 12:20 PM 7/18/2011, P.J van Noorden wrote: > >> To conventionally explain the boilingpoint of 100.5 degrC the backpressure >> in the Ecat must have been 30mbar (for a boilingpoint of 99.6degC) and >> 20mbar for a boilingpoint of 99.9degC. This compares to resp 30.6 cm and >> 20.4cm water and this is about the hight of the chimney. The difference in >> temperature of the steam can ofcourse only be explained if the chimney of >> the ecat is almost completely filled with water. This is ofcourse the big >> question. >> > > That's brilliant, actually. >
