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Today's automation industry quiz question comes from ISA's technical training course, Extreme Instrumentality: Electrical to Instrumentation Cross Training Boot Camp. The training focuses on the knowledge and skill sets required to function as an instrument maintenance technician. Process measurement techniques, measurement and control equipment, calibrations techniques and calibration equipment will be discussed and utilized in numerous hands-on lab sessions. Knowledge gained from this course is designed to train you to be a key asset to an I&E maintenance team.
A) Pounds per hour
B) Gallons per minute
C) Kilograms per hour
D) Pounds per minute
E) None of the above
The following flow units explain the difference between volumetric flow and mass flow.
Volumetric Flow
Mass Flow
The correct answer is B.
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