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sən, ˈdʒaʊl- noun Thermodynamics.
the change of temperature that a gas exhibits during a throttling process, shown by passing the gas through a small aperture or porous plug into a region of low pressure.
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| Joule-Thomson effect | |
| —n | |
| Also called: Joule-Kelvin 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 | |
| [C20: named after James Prescott | |
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