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To: tcrlaf

Do they have testing equipment that can determine the pressure in an already inflated ball, without having to release some of the air to get that data? Something like a Rockwell hardness test for inflatable balls, for instance? Or does it come down to what it feels like to a game official (pressing a thumb into the ball would be a sort of Rockwell hardness test; but it’s obviously not very reliable)?


7 posted on 01/21/2015 2:27:41 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Do they have testing equipment that can determine the pressure in an already inflated ball, without having to release some of the air to get that data?

A scale? It measures the total weight of the ball and enclosed air. Pressure may change, but the number of molecules inside the ball does not.

36 posted on 01/21/2015 3:58:00 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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