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← ScienceWhich outcome results when rapid depressurization initiates cavitation in liquid nitrogen?
A)Erosion of cryogenic pump components✓
B)Increase in fluid kinematic viscosity
C)Decreased convective heat transfer
D)Supression of nucleate pool boiling
💡 Explanation
Erosion increases because the cavitation bubbles' violent collapse near surfaces induces intense microjets, which erode the pump, rather than viscosity changes or heat transfer effects; this phase change causes mechanical damage.
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