Talk:Darcy

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Would this page belong in a category like Geology or Geophysics? -- MJSkia1 02:33, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] About merging

Well, maybe it can not merge. But it shouldn't be deriving Darcy's law. I'd be happy if it looked more like Newton, or similar page for a unit of measure.Mwtoews 17:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

As the article says, "[t]he darcy is defined using Darcy's Law ... ." It doesn't make sense in other contexts --- unlike forces. Also, in the Newton article, the definition implicitly uses F=ma but doesn't say so outright. Neither article is deriving the underlying law, just using it.

Permeability can also be measured in other units such as meters squared, centimeters squared, barns, or any other unit of area; you wouldn't merge those into the article on Darcy's law, right? Perhaps it would make you happier to mention that the Darcy is an effective cross-section? Lunch 21:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. I'll remove the merge tag, and massage this article to be more about the unit, and some application of Darcy's law. I'll do that some day later. I'll also add a handy conversion table (like the Newton article). Mwtoews 00:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)