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  2. Vacuum flask - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a vacuum flask Gustav Robert Paalen, Double Walled Vessel. Patent 27 June 1908, published 13 July 1909. The vacuum flask was designed and invented by Scottish scientist James Dewar in 1892 as a result of his research in the field of cryogenics and is sometimes called a Dewar flask in his honour.

  3. Maceration (sewage) - Wikipedia

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    Research stations that do not meet this population threshold are allowed to dump untreated, unmacerated sewage directly into the sea. [1] The treaty also allows ships carrying more than ten people to discharge macerated wastewater (including sewage and food waste ) directly into the sea, provided that the vessel is more than 12 nautical miles ...

  4. Torricelli's experiment - Wikipedia

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    Torricelli concluded that the mercury fluid in the tube is aided by the atmospheric pressure that is present on the surface of mercury fluid on the dish. He also stated that the changes of liquid level from day to day are caused by the variation of atmospheric pressure. The empty space in the tube is called the Torricellian vacuum. [3] 760 mmHg ...

  5. Vacuum - Wikipedia

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    Atmospheric pressure is variable but 101.325 and 100 kilopascals (1013.25 and 1000.00 mbar) are common standard or reference pressures. Deep space is generally much more empty than any artificial vacuum. It may or may not meet the definition of high vacuum above, depending on what region of space and astronomical bodies are being considered.

  6. Choked flow - Wikipedia

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    The rate does not depend on the downstream pressure at all. All other terms are constants that depend only on the composition of the material in the flow. Although the gas velocity reaches a maximum and becomes choked, the mass flow rate is not choked. The mass flow rate can still be increased if the upstream pressure is increased as this ...

  7. Suction - Wikipedia

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    When the pressure in one part of a physical system is reduced relative to another, the fluid or gas in the higher pressure region will exert a force relative to the region of lowered pressure, referred to as pressure-gradient force. If all gas or fluid is removed the result is a perfect vacuum in which the pressure is zero.

  8. Stagnation pressure - Wikipedia

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    In fluid dynamics, stagnation pressure, also referred to as total pressure, is what the pressure would be if all the kinetic energy of the fluid were to be converted into pressure in a reversable manner. [1]: § 3.2 ; it is defined as the sum of the free-stream static pressure and the free-stream dynamic pressure. [2]

  9. Fluid bearing - Wikipedia

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    Fluid bearings are bearings in which the load is supported by a thin layer of rapidly moving pressurized liquid or gas between the bearing surfaces. [1] Since there is no contact between the moving parts, there is no sliding friction, allowing fluid bearings to have lower friction, wear and vibration than many other types of bearings.