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Question: The temperature of the system decreases in an...

The temperature of the system decreases in an

A

Adiabatic compression

B

Isothermal compression

C

Isothermal expansion

D

Adiabatic expansion

Answer

Adiabatic expansion

Explanation

Solution

When a real gas is forced through a porous plug into a region of low pressure, it is found that due to expansion, the gas on the side of low pressure gets cooled.

The phenomenon of producing lowering of temperature when a gas is made to expand adiabatically from a region of high pressure into a region of low pressure is known as Joule-Thomson effect.