Liquid air

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Sat Jan 07 2006 at 2:32:55

Liq"uid air. (Physics)

A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents (N -194° C; O - 183° C.).

 

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