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CALACO CALACOTM   Calculations And Conversions for Scientists


CALACO performs conversions for Acceleration, Angle, Area, Energy, Length, Power, Pressure, Speed, Temperature, Time, Volume, and Weight. It calculates boiling points at reduced pressure and performs density calculations. A list of boiling points and densities is included. A complete description of this product is given below. Click here to see a typical conversion screen.

Contents

CALACO Summary
Conversions
Boiling Point Calculations
Density Calculations
Materials List
Miscellaneous Features
Download CALACO

CALACO Summary

CALACO is a data conversion program for scientists. If you want to know how many pounds in 790 kilograms, or how many gallons in 49 liters, CALACO is the program for you. Of special interest to chemists is a feature to calculate boiling points at reduced pressures and a density calculator. CALACO performs conversions in the following categories:

               Acceleration Pressure
               Angle Speed
               Area Temperature
               Energy Time
               Length Volume
               Power Weight

CALACO provides pop-up definitions for each unit. Sometimes a unit may be used in two different measurement systems. For example the "pound" can be a British pound, a US pound, or even an apothecaries pound that was used in pharmacy measurements and is now obsolete. If you are confused about a unit in CALACO simply click the Unit Definition button and a full definition is displayed.

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Conversions

CALACO has a convenient user friendly interface which allows you to view all conversions for a given category on the same screen. You simply enter one value, and the values in the corresponding units are calculated and displayed.

Click here to see an example of a typical conversion screen.

Some
CALACO conversion screens have unique features. The Angle conversion screen not only displays the angle value in the units available, but also provides a graphical representation. Another unique feature is the Degree: Minute: Second unit that can be input or calculated.

Time conversions can be a problem because the number of days in a year is not constant.
CALACO solves this problem by calculating and displaying the possible number of leap years in a given period. The user can select the number of leap years to allow for an accurate calculation, or use average 365.25 day years. 

Click on the following links to see examples of the various conversion screens:

              Angle Pressure/Temperature
              Area Speed/Acceleration
              Energy Time
              Length Volume
              Power Weight


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Boiling Point Calculations

The Boiling Point calculation is a unique feature for scientists. This option estimates the boiling point of liquids at various pressures. These calculations are based on standard nomographs. The accuracy of the calculation can be increased by selecting structurally similar compound groups. CALACO provides a list of boiling points and densities of common materials.

Click here to see a graphic for Pressure Temperature and Boiling Point calculations.

Any two of the following three values may be input and the third value is calculated:

Boiling Point at 760 mmHg
Boiling Point (at the designated pressure)
Pressure

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Density Calculations

CALACO provides a Density calculation option. The density of a liquid can be selected from a list of over 200 common materials, or it can be input manually. Next you simply input a weight or volume, and the corresponding volume or weight is calculated.

Click here to see a graphic of the Density calculation screen.

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Materials List

CALACO provides a list of over 1000 Materials and the following information for these materials:

Material Name
Molecular Formula
Molecular Weight
Density, Concentration, or Weight Percent
Melting Point
Boiling Point
Pressure
Miscellaneous Information

Click here to see a graphic of the Materials List.

ICALACO provides a mechanism for adding new materials or editing existing Materials. To use the materials list, follow the instructions in the help file.

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Miscellaneous Features

CALACO includes a list of SI Prefixes with values, names, and symbols. Did you ever wonder how many bytes in a gigabyte? The SI table shows you that a "giga" is 1,000,000,000.

Values can be displayed in scientific notation or floating decimal format. The conversion factors used by
CALACO are consistent with published values including those of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

An extensive tutorial is include with
CALACO and this is the best way to learn how to use the program.

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Download CALACO

You can install a fully functional version of CALACO that will be active for 60 days. At that point you can purchase a registration number online and permanently activate the installed version. There is no need to reinstall the software.
Download the CALACO setup file:
    Click Here to Begin the Download

Some computers will need to install prerequesites. Download and install prerequisites from this page.

If you are using Windows 7 as your operating system, please read the following:

If you are running Windows 7, make sure you run CALACO as Administrator. To do this, right click the CALACO icon that you use to start the program. Click "Run as admnistrator." Do this the first time you run CALACO. After that it should run as administrator by just double clicking the icon. To check and see if the icon will startup CALACO as Administrator, right click on the icon and click the Properties menu item and then the Compatibility tab and at the bottom make sure the "Run this program as administrator" check box is checked. If not, click it and click OK. You need to do this with every CALACO icon you run CALACO from so that in all cases you CALACO run as administrator.

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