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To Calculate The Weight of LPG Vapours
To Calculate The Weight of LPG Vapours
TO CALCULATE
THE WEIGHT OF
LPG VAPOURS
Introduction
The LPG vapour calculation
is quite simple and the
formula is based on the
following laws:
Gay Lussac’s Law:
The density of a gas at
standard temperature and
pressure is proportional to
its molecular weight.
Charles’s Law:
The volume of a given mass of gas is
directly proportional to the absolute
temperature, provided the pressure remains
constant. If the formula is transposed, it
can be deduced that the density of a given
mass of gas varies inversely with the
absolute temperature provided the pressure
remains constant.
Boyle’s Law:
The volume of a given mass of
gas is inversely proportional to its
pressure, provided the temperature
remains constant (or density
varies with the absolute pressure,
provided the temprature remains
constant).
1/22,400 is half the density of hydrogen
(H2) which gives the theoretical density of
1 cubic meter of H (as opposed to H2) –
the simplest and lightest atom.
Written for a fixed temperature, the
individual effects of these laws are;