aThere are also instruments available for testing the tensile adhesion strength of coatings. They apply a value to the adhesion strength in grams per square millimeter (pounds per square inch), thus eliminating some of the subjectivity of the above tests. An instrument for tensile testing is the...
Since this model dates from 1960s or 1970s Britain, the measurements are 6–50 pounds per square inch or 0.5–3.4 bar (roughly the same in atmospheres).Old barometers tend to be marked in older, Imperial units: inches of mercury, sometimes abbreviated to inHg. Atmospheric pressure at sea ...
According to ESPN’s sources, 11 of the 12 game balls allotted to New England forSunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts were underinflated by a couple pounds per square inch, failing to meet NFL regulations. This is potentially significant because a flatter football iseasi...