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what is adiabatic heating |
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Answer» Adiabatic heating Adiabatic processes are those in which there is no net heat transfer between a system and its surrounding environment (e.g., the product of pressure and volume remains constant). Because it is a gas, air undergoes adiabatic heating and cooling as it experiencesatmospheric pressurechanges associated with changing altitudes. Increasing pressure adiabatically heats air masses, falling pressures allow air to expand and cool.With adiabatic heating, as a mass of air descends in the atmosphere—as it does when it moves downslope from a mountain range—the air encounters increasing atmospheric pressure. Compression of the air mass is accompanied by an increase in temperature. |
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