I believe that this is how helium is liquefied.* * ** Cheers: Axil **
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Harvey Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- On *Fri, 8/17/12, Axil Axil <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Magic of Xenon > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, August 17, 2012, 10:26 AM > > http://www.ias.ac.in/resonance/December2009/p1210-1222.pdf > > Molecule Matters van derWaalsMolecules > > See: page 1214 > 4.1 Supersonic Molecular Beams > > Cheers: Axil > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:07 AM, James Bowery > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Axil Axil > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > On the left is a reservoir at ambient temperature and pressure which is > connected to a vacuum chamber on the right through a nozzle hole. The gases > expand into the chamber through this hole and during this expansion all the > random kinetic energy (translational, rotational and vibrational) gets > converted > > > Cite? > > What about the actual straight line movement of the molecules after > exiting the pressurized state, would this not be considered a translational > movement? Would it be more proper to state that the random translational > movement is converted to a uniform one? Otherwise we might be left > questioning that since it is converted what does it get converted to? > Could the above principles be applied to refrigeration since it seems > obvious that a temperature loss should take place. Does the conventional > equation PV=nRT apply here? > HDN > >
