Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)
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Author: John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 17RQ
At a constant pressure, how does a volume of gas vary with respect to the absolute temperature?
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