Fluid mechanics problem....should be easy! Ha.....water boils at 90 degrees C....what equation do I use to find altitude?
2006-09-15 04:53:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Converting 90 C to 194 F, then using tables from answer above... just shy of 10,000 feet. You could interpolate for a better answer.
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2006-09-15 05:07:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
First use the steam tables to find the pressure of the water for a given boiling point.
Then knowing the pressure you can find the "normal" altitude for a given pressure from
http://www.uigi.com/Atmos_pressure.html
2006-09-15 22:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boiling point does not depend upon altitude, it does depend upon atmospheric pressure. No matter how high you are, if atmospheric pressure is same, the BP will remain same. So, you can not directly correlate both, though you can put a rough estimate by taking into account height versus atmospheric pressure into consideration.
2006-09-15 12:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A rough rule of thumb is one degree C per thousand feet change of pressure altitude. Hence, about 10,000 feet. For more exact figures, you need steam tables and a model of the atmosphere (messy math).
2006-09-15 12:45:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Try this?
http://www.hi-tm.com/Documents/Calib-boil.html
Good luck!
2006-09-15 12:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by joe b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
altitude will be 9750 ft
2006-09-15 15:10:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋