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14-566: [REDACTED] Look up MSW in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MSW may stand for: Businesses and organisations [ edit ] Manatawny Still Works , a craft distillery in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States Massawa International Airport , Eritrea (by IATA code) Ministry of Interior (Poland) (Polish: Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych ) Muslim Society of Washington ,

28-605: A popular cultivar of durian Master of Social Work , a postgraduate qualification and academic title Municipal solid waste Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title MSW . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MSW&oldid=1253640035 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Polish-language text Short description

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56-567: A religious organization based in the United States Science and technology [ edit ] Metres sea water , a unit of pressure Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect , in particle physics MSWLogo , an interpreted computer programming language Machine Status Word, a data segment in the Intel 286 LOADALL instruction set Microsoft Windows , an operating system Other uses [ edit ] Mao Shan Wang ,

70-442: A religious organization based in the United States Science and technology [ edit ] Metres sea water , a unit of pressure Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect , in particle physics MSWLogo , an interpreted computer programming language Machine Status Word, a data segment in the Intel 286 LOADALL instruction set Microsoft Windows , an operating system Other uses [ edit ] Mao Shan Wang ,

84-526: Is 14.7 psi (one atmosphere), which gives one fsw equal to about 0.445 psi. The msw and fsw are the conventional units for measurement of diver pressure exposure used in decompression tables and the unit of calibration for pneumofathometers and hyperbaric chamber pressure gauges . One atmosphere is approximately equal to 33 feet of sea water or 14.7 psi, which gives 4.9/11 or about 0.445 psi per foot. Atmospheric pressure may be considered constant at sea level, and minor fluctuations caused by

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112-547: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Metres sea water The unit used in the US is the foot sea water ( fsw ), based on standard gravity and a sea-water density of 64 lb/ft . According to the US Navy Diving Manual, one fsw equals 0.30643 msw, 0.030 643   bar , or 0.444 44   psi , though elsewhere it states that 33 fsw

126-480: Is the sum of atmospheric and hydrostatic pressure for that depth, and is 66 fsw, or two atmospheres absolute. For every additional 33 feet of depth, another atmosphere of pressure accumulates. Therefore at the surface the gauge pressure of 0 fsw is equivalent to an absolute pressure of 1 standard atmosphere (14.7 psi), and the gauge pressure in fsw at any depth is incremented by 1 ata to provide absolute pressure. (Pressure in ata = Depth in feet/33 + 1) In diving

140-624: The absolute pressure is used in most computations, particularly for decompression and breathing gas consumption but depth is measured by way of hydrostatic pressure . In metric units the ambient pressure is usually measured in metres sea water (msw), and converted to bar for calculations. In US customary units ambient pressure is normally measured in feet of sea water (fsw), and converted to atmospheres absolute or pounds per square inch absolute (psia) for decompression computation. Feet and metres sea water are convenient measures which approximate closely to depth and are intuitively simple to grasp for

154-481: The diver, compared to the options of more conventional units of pressure which give no direct indication of depth. The distinction between gauge and absolute pressure is important for calculation of gas properties and pressure must be identified as either gauge or absolute. Gauge pressure in msw or fsw is converted to absolute pressure in bar or atm for decompression and gas consumption calculation , but decompression tables are usually provided ready for use directly with

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168-412: The gauge pressure in msw and fsw. Depth gauges and dive computers with readouts calibrated in feet and metres are actually displaying a pressure measurement, usually in feet or metres sea water, as most diving is done in the sea. If ambient pressure in fresh water and hyperbaric chambers is measured in feet and metres sea water, the same decompression algorithms and tables can be used, which eliminates

182-426: The need to use calibration factors when diving in these environments. In the metric system, a pressure of 10 msw is defined as 1 bar. Pressure conversion between msw and fsw is slightly different from length conversion between metres and feet; 10 msw = 32.6336 fsw and 10 m = 32.8083 ft. The US Navy Diving Manual gives conversion factors for "fw" (feet water) based on

196-405: The weather are usually ignored. Pressures measured in fsw and msw are gauge pressure , relative to the surface pressure of 1 atm absolute, except when a pressure difference is measured between the locks of a hyperbaric chamber, which is also generally measured in fsw and msw. The pressure of seawater at a depth of 33 feet equals one atmosphere. The absolute pressure at 33 feet depth in sea water

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