Tossup

This process is performed on saturated liquids like R22 before condensation and throttling steps in most air conditioners. This process is performed immediately before a spark plug ignites (10[1])fuel in a four-stroke (10[3])engine, (10[1])while it causes autoignition (10[2])in diesel engines. Air undergoes this process (10[1])at every peak (10[1])of a sound wave. (10[1])The surroundings do positive PV work on the system in this process, which occurs in the last two steps of the Carnot (“kar-NO”) cycle. This process, which increases pressure by Boyle’s law, is performed by lowering a piston and typically follows an expansion step. For 10 points, name this process in which a gas is forced into a smaller volume. ■END■

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary