I believe compressed air should be colder. Like when you have an air duster can. Or even a car’s turbocharger which compressed air and cools it right? But also, when there is pressure on air parcels doesnt that pressure increase its heat? At the bottom of a valley, the atmospheric pressure is higher so the air that falls to the bottom of the valley is more compressed and hot. It seems to me like compressed air is both hot and cold then? Could someone explain please? 😅
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Are will heat when it’s compressed. What’s happening with an air duster is the opposite. When they put it in the can, it would have been warmer. Now, when you use it, you’re lowering pressure and therefore cooling the contents.
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