SI units
 

SI units problem 27


Gas flows through the narrow end (nozzle) of a pipe. Under certain conditions, the mass of gas that flows through the nozzle in a short time is given by:




where:


is a constant with no units,

is a quantity that depends on the nozzle size,

is the density of the gas arriving at the nozzle,

is the pressure of the gas arriving at the nozzle.


Determine the base units of .


 

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