Glossary

Kelvin.

An instrument used to assess the cooling effect of an air current.

A device for measuring tracer gas concentrations. A katharometer measures changes in the thermal conductivity of the air/tracer mixture using a bridge circuit. Used for hydrogen, helium, coal gas, ethane, carbon dioxide. i.e. any gas of which the thermal conductivity is very different from that of air.
N.B. This instrument measures only relative concentrations, not absolute.

Thousand bits per second.

Kilocycles.

Kilocalorie.

Kilogram.

Kilograms per cubic meter.

Kilograms per square millimeter.

Kilograms per cubic millimetre.

Kilograms per second.

Kilohertz, 1000 cycles per second.

A unit of power equal to 1000 watts and approximately equal to 1.34 horsepower.

Kiloliter.

Kilometre.

Kilometre per second.

kilopascal.

Kilopounds per square inch.

Kilowatt.