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← ScienceWhich consequence results when excessive pump speed generates turbulence within a centrifugal pump?
A)Increased radial thrust on impeller
B)Reduced net positive suction head
C)Cavitation erosion on the volute✓
D)Elevated fluid kinematic viscosity
💡 Explanation
Cavitation erosion results because increased turbulence lowers local pressure below vapor pressure, creating bubbles whose collapse erodes the volute by cavitation; therefore damage happens rather than thrust increases because of different internal pressure distributions.
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