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To: thackney
Sorry, but you are quite mistaken. Ref:

fact, not friction.

You forgot that ANY gas can be liquefied. All you need is enough pressure OR a low enough temperature.

Or a suitable combination of both.

26 posted on 05/20/2015 11:50:26 AM PDT by Don W ( When most riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When Whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W
Sorry, you need to understand Critical Temperature.

http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/Liquids/critical.html

Gases can be converted to liquids by compressing the gas at a suitable temperature.

Gases become more difficult to liquefy as the temperature increases because the kinetic energies of the particles that make up the gas also increase.

The critical temperature of a substance is the temperature at and above which vapor of the substance cannot be liquefied, no matter how much pressure is applied.


27 posted on 05/20/2015 12:01:00 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Don W

You may want to also notice the chart you linked stops at

190.53°Kelvin, which equals -116.7° Fahrenheit

Above that temperature, which is the critical temperature for methane, no liquid state exists, regardless of pressure.


28 posted on 05/20/2015 12:06:42 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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