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Re: Tin Can and Pressure?

Subject: Re: Tin Can and Pressure?
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Date: 8 Dec 2006 07:45:39 -0800
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Vlad wrote:
> What amount of internal pressure ordinary medium size food tin can can hold?
>
> I'm planing to use it as a small steam boiler for one of my project.
>
> p.s.: sorry for not so fluent English.

Canning tries for an internal temperature of 245 F.  At that
temperature, the steam in the can is at ~ 29 psi absolute pressure, ~
15 psi higher than the external environment.

Sorry about the English units.

P.S., your English is better than many native speakers.

John
Aspen Research, - www.aspenresearch.com
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