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  • 1Gas flow computer — Originally the gas flow computer was an electronic module that simply provided a dedicated gas flow computer function. Today gas flow computer is a misnomer since the gas flow computer function is a subfunction to an overall data acquisition and… …

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  • 2Compressible flow — is the area of fluid mechanics that deals with fluids in which the fluid density varies significantly in response to a change in pressure. Compressibility effects are typically considered significant if the Mach number (the ratio of the flow… …

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  • 3Flow measurement — is the quantification of bulk fluid movement. Flow can be measured in a variety of ways. Positive displacement flow meters acumulate a fixed volume of fluid and then count the number of times the volume is filled to measure flow. Other flow… …

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  • 4Gas chromatography — A gas chromatograph with a headspace sampler Acronym GLC, GC Classification chromatography Analytes organic inorganic …

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  • 5Gas dynamics — is a branch of dynamics concerned with studying the motion of gases.Here we study about Mach no.,sound velocities gas properties. See also References * cite book last = Liepmann | first = Hans W. | coauthors = Roshko, A. title = Elements of… …

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  • 6Gas-liquid chromatography — Infobox chemical analysis name = Gas liquid chromatography caption =A gas chromatograph with a headspace sampler acronym = GLC, GC classification =chromatography analytes = organic inorganic must be volatile manufacturers = Agilent (a spin off of …

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  • 7gas — gasless, adj. /gas/, n., pl. gases, v., gassed, gassing. n. 1. Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid. 2. any such fluid or mixture of fluids. 3. any… …

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  • 8Gas compressor — A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the fluid through a pipe. As gases are… …

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  • 9Gas — This article is about the physical properties of gas as a state of matter. For the uses of gases, and other meanings, see Gas (disambiguation). Ga …

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  • 10compressible fluid — a fluid flow is compressible if its density changes appreciably (typically by a few percent) within the domain of interest. Typically, this will occur when the fluid velocity exceeds Mach 0.3. Hence, low velocity flows (both gas and liquids)… …

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