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  2. Suction - Wikipedia

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    Suction is the day-to-day term for the movement of gases or liquids along a pressure gradient with the implication that the movement occurs because the lower pressure pulls the gas or liquid. However, the forces acting in this case do not originate from just the lower pressure side, but also from the side of the higher pressure, as a reaction ...

  3. Suction cup - Wikipedia

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    A transparent suction cup The pressure on a suction cup, as exerted by collisions of gas molecules, holds the suction cup in contact with the surface. One cup suction lifter. A suction cup, also known as a sucker, is a device or object that uses the negative fluid pressure of air or water to adhere to nonporous surfaces, creating a partial ...

  4. Hand pump - Wikipedia

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    Suction is the vertical distance between the fluid to be pumped and the centre of the pump, while lift is the vertical distance between the pump and the delivery point. [4] The depth from which a hand pump will suck is limited by atmospheric pressure to an operating depth of less than 7 meters. [ 5 ]

  5. Suction (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    In many hospitals and other health facilities, suction is typically provided by suction regulators, connected to a central medical vacuum supply by way of a pipeline system. The plastic, rigid Yankauer suction tip is one type of tip that may be attached to a suction device. Another is the plastic, nonrigid French or whistle tip catheter.

  6. Aspirator (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Potain's aspirator. A medical aspirator is a suction machine used to remove mucus, blood, and other bodily fluids from a patient.They can be used during surgical procedures but an operating theater is generally equipped with a central system of vacuum tubes. [1]

  7. Net positive suction head - Wikipedia

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    In a hydraulic circuit, net positive suction head (NPSH) may refer to one of two quantities in the analysis of cavitation: The Available NPSH (NPSH A): a measure of how close the fluid at a given point is to flashing, and so to cavitation. Technically it is the absolute pressure head minus the vapour pressure of the liquid.

  8. Chest drainage - Wikipedia

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    External suction (previously referred to as active suction) is used to create a sub-atmospheric pressure at the tip of a catheter.As the atmospheric pressure is lower compared to the intrapleural pressure, the lack of external suction (which was previously referred to as passive suction) is used to drain air and fluids. [1]

  9. Category:Fluid mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Magyar; Македонски ... Pages in category "Fluid mechanics" The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total. ... Net positive suction head ...