Joule-Thomson effect
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Joule-Thomson effect

a change in temperature of a thermally insulated gas when it is forced through a small hole or a porous material. For each gas there is a temperature of inversion above which the change is positive and below which it is negative Also called Joule-Kelvin effect

[named after James Prescott Joule (1818-89), English physicist, and Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), British physicist]

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Joule-Thomson effect (redirected from Expansive cooling)

Joule-Thomson effect
(redirected from Expansive cooling)