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Why does the compressed gas leaving the propane tank cause the temperature to drop around the valve?
12 years ago

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DrBob222
Look up the Joule-Thomson effect.
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Joule%E2%80%93Thomson_effect.html
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