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Msn: How Does an Air Conditioner or Refrigerator Work?

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From the Mad Scientist Network. Using a question and answer format, this page explains the answer to the question "How does An air conditioner or refrigerator work?" The scientific principles which underly their operation and the process by which they cool air or food is discussed.

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Concepts
cooling, evaporation
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Additional Tags
air conditioner, air conditioning, coil, compressor, evaporator, heat pump, refrigerant, refrigeration, refrigerator, ac, gay-lussac, gay-lussac's law, condensor, condensor coil, latent heat of evaporation, hvac systems
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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