Meaning of kata factor | Babel Free

Definitions

A conversion factor, constant for a given kata thermometer, used to convert the measured time for a standardised drop in temperature into the environmental cooling rate.

Examples

“The Kata factor is changed to B.t.u. per square foot by multiplying by 0.003687.”

“These workers believe that on account of these convection currents the kata factor varies with the temperature. In our opinion, the kata factor cannot vary; it is the coefficient of heat transmission — heat transmission per unit of time[…].”

“Each type of thermometer has a specific kata factor inscribed on its stem.”

“A Kata factor, which is the amount of heat lost from the bulb surface during cooling (typically 475 mcal/cm² of bulb surface as the thermometer cools through 2.8°C), is inscribed on the stem.”

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