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To: ZX12R
I thought the pressure at the center of the earth is around a million times atmospheric. Are you confusing pressure with gravity?

I'm not confusing anything. Pressure is force (applied over some area). Where do you think the force comes from, PV=nrT?

ML/NJ

8 posted on 01/07/2009 9:47:20 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj
"Results of the study of seismic wave propagation in the form of density distribution yielded a hypothetical pressure distribution model of the earth's interior. At the centre, the pressure is about 380 GPa (380,000,000,000 pascal)."

According to my calculations, that's about 55,100,000 PSI.
11 posted on 01/07/2009 10:02:29 AM PST by ZX12R
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To: ml/nj

I thought that ‘PV=nrT’ is for gases.


13 posted on 01/07/2009 10:08:07 AM PST by chopperman
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