What is a gas compressor?
Q: What is a gas compressor?
A: A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume.
Q: What happens to the temperature of a gas when it is compressed?
A: Compression of a gas naturally increases its temperature.
Q: What is an air compressor?
A: When the gas is air, the machine is called an air compressor.
Q: How are compressors and pumps similar?
A: Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the fluid through a pipe.
Q: What is the main action of a pump?
A: Liquids are relatively incompressible, so the main action of a pump is to transport liquids.
Q: What does the compressor do to the volume of a gas?
A: As gases are compressible, the compressor also reduces the volume of a gas.
Q: Can pumps compress gases?
A: Pumps are not designed to compress gases as gases are highly compressible. Pumps are designed to transport liquids that are relatively incompressible.
