Course Number 49
Plant Operator Series - Fundamentals of Basic Physics

6 hours of instruction 

Format: Programmed Instruction Self-study

Price: $58.00


Basic principles of physics with which all new plant operators should be familiar: concepts of weight, form, volume, temperature, pressure, density, specific gravity, condensates, and vapors: conversion of "psi" to "feet of water"; and "inches of mercury" and vice versa; absolute, gauge, and atmospheric pressure, and vacuum; effects of temperature and pressure on gas volumes (Ideal Gas Laws); compression and expansion; and the effects of temperature and pressure on liquids, vapors, and condensates.

Prerequisites - Familiarity with multiplication and division of whole numbers and the use of fractions and decimals.

 

Package includes student workbooks for each of five parts and a 45 question Review Exercise for testing. 

 

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