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← ScienceWhich mechanism rapidly cools water during adiabatic expansion?
A)The Joule-Thomson Effect✓
B)Latent heat dissipation
C)Increased convection cooling
D)Radiative heat losses
💡 Explanation
Adiabatic expansion during the Joule-Thomson Effect absorbs heat internally during expansion forces causing cooling because overcoming intermolecular attraction consumes energy, decreasing temperature; therefore, the expansion causes cooling rather than immediate freezing or radiative cooling.
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