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Re:The most awesome startup I have ever seen. by pge on Monday March 12, 2012 @10:37AM (#3693647)
also, dont forget pv=nrt: temperature rises linearly with pressure, so the air gets pretty hot as you compress it from 1 atm to 100 atm.
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Re:The most awesome startup I have ever seen. by DaniFong on Monday March 12, 2012 @12:29PM (#3694156)
A) temperature normally rises as the 0.4/1.4 th power with pressure in an adiabatic process

B) our water spray makes the process near isothermal

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