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PPSI
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PPSIProject Preventie Seksuele Intimidatie (Dutch: Sexual Harassment Prevention Project; Utrecht, Netherlands)
PPSIPaint Product Stewardship Initiative (est. 2005; Product Stewardship Institute)
PPSIPharmacists Planning Service, Inc. (health care; California)
PPSIPounds Per Square Inch


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Compaction forces of up to 215 pounds per square inch
There, water pressure, a measure of force per unit of surface area, bears down with a crushing 500 pounds per square inch (psi).
According to Solberg, papercrete blocks are capable of a compressive strength--the measure of how much weight can be put on the material--of 260 pounds per square inch, compared to approximately 1,800 pounds per square inch for concrete block.
 
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