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like if nitrogen is in a gas form can you turn it into a liquid form?

2007-06-16 02:07:27 · 5 answers · asked by Jeannybeanymacabeanny 1 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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I do it all the time in my job operating a Nitrogen/Oxygen generator. Atmospheric air is compressed to 5000 psi and piped to a small orifice into an expansion chamber where the sudden pressure drop causes the temperature to drop also. We arrive at cryogenic temperatures and have liquid air. The liquid air is pumped into a distilling tower that warms the liquid under controlled conditions to allow the gases to separate at their boiling points. The lighter gases vaporize first and piped to their respective storage tanks for further refinement.

2007-06-16 02:24:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Nitrogen-Oxygen separation could be executed with distillation or a membrane separation. Distillation takes great thing appropriate to the version in boiling factors. even with the undeniable fact that, the technique demands huge refrigeration/severe rigidity to tutor the mixture right into a liquid. Membranes exist that have differing permeability between oxygen and nitrogen. A flow of air could be divided into 2 streams with the aid of passing it by a cluster of tiny tubes made up of the filtering membrane. element of the flow passes by the tube partitions and is richer in the greater permeable gasoline. the different element of the flow passes quickly by the tubes and is richer in the fewer permeable gasoline. the technique could be repeated to get the needed purity. No refrigeration is needed, however the gasoline ought to be rather compressed to get it severe adequate rigidity to bypass by the membrane in a existence like volume of time.

2016-12-13 04:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by gandarilla 4 · 0 0

yes but you need the right equipment in order to produce temperatures low enough to turn the gas into a liquid

2007-06-16 02:11:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Cool it down to -196C, and you have the well-known substance called "liquid nitrogen".

2007-06-16 02:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 1 1

yes

2007-06-16 02:50:29 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Eddie 6 · 0 3

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