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  • create high pressure. High pressure usually means pressures of thousands (kilobars) or millions (megabars) of times atmospheric pressure (about 1 bar...
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    as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually...
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    Pressure washing or power washing is the use of high-pressure water spray to remove loose paint, mold, grime, dust, mud, and dirt from surfaces and objects...
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  • Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard...
    23 KB (2,418 words) - 12:50, 7 July 2024
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    sealed vessel called a pressure cooker; the high pressure limits boiling and creates higher temperatures not possible at lower pressures which allow food to...
    48 KB (6,586 words) - 04:58, 30 June 2024
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    Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels. Most of this pressure results from the heart pumping blood...
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    : 445  Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure. Various units are used to express pressure. Some of these...
    44 KB (5,656 words) - 01:34, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for High-performance liquid chromatography
    High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography, is a technique in analytical chemistry used...
    86 KB (10,715 words) - 18:09, 18 June 2024
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    that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and...
    78 KB (9,740 words) - 22:00, 19 June 2024
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    Pressure measurement is the measurement of an applied force by a fluid (liquid or gas) on a surface. Pressure is typically measured in units of force...
    74 KB (9,894 words) - 18:22, 31 March 2024
  • pressure cooking and cooking at high altitudes. An understanding of vapor pressure is also relevant in explaining high altitude breathing and cavitation...
    13 KB (970 words) - 06:23, 22 February 2024
  • Pascalization, bridgmanization, high pressure processing (HPP) or high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) processing is a method of preserving and sterilizing...
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    A pressure suit is a protective suit worn by high-altitude pilots who may fly at altitudes where the air pressure is too low for an unprotected person...
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    A high-pressure steam locomotive is a steam locomotive with a boiler that operates at pressures well above what would be considered normal for other locomotives...
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  • High-pressure nervous syndrome (HPNS – also known as high-pressure neurological syndrome) is a neurological and physiological diving disorder which can...
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    Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure sores, bed sores or pressure injuries, are localised damage to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur...
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    starting electrode; instead, the lamp is started using high voltage pulses as with high-pressure sodium vapor lamps. Self-ballasted (SB) lamps are mercury...
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  • actually a pressure difference across the system (e.g., transrespiratory pressure defined as pressure at the airway opening minus pressure on the body...
    46 KB (5,979 words) - 11:13, 11 July 2024
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    under high pressure into a mold cavity. The mold cavity is created using two hardened tool steel dies which have been machined into shape and work similarly...
    39 KB (4,603 words) - 16:55, 29 June 2024
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    A pressure regulator is a valve that controls the pressure of a fluid to a desired value, using negative feedback from the controlled pressure. Regulators...
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