Why does air compressed to a high pressure create heat?
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It doesn’t actually “create heat”, there is the same amount of thermal energy in the compressed substance as before. It is just that the relative concentration of thermal energy is increased so the temperature goes up.
Heat flows from areas of higher concentration to lower so heat flows out into the environment. Think about squeezing water out of a sponge, did your squeezing create water?
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