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A limiting point for the flow of a gas which occurs under specific conditions when the gas flows through a restriction (such as a [[valve]], a convergent-divergent nozzle, the hole in an [[orifice plate]], or a leak in a gas pipeline or other gas container) into a lower pressure environment. | A limiting point for the mass flow rate of a gas which occurs under specific conditions when the gas flows through a restriction (such as a [[valve]], a [[convergent-divergent nozzle]], the hole in an [[orifice plate]], or a leak in a gas pipeline or other gas container) into a lower pressure environment. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:39, 17 April 2010
A limiting point for the mass flow rate of a gas which occurs under specific conditions when the gas flows through a restriction (such as a valve, a convergent-divergent nozzle, the hole in an orifice plate, or a leak in a gas pipeline or other gas container) into a lower pressure environment.