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Old 01-22-2012, 04:11 PM   #9 (permalink)
drmiller100
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Originally Posted by drmiller100 View Post
compression ratio and expansion ratio are pretty much unrelated other then they have the word "ratio" in both.

Unless I am missing something? Which is why I posted this thread in the first place.
Language issue. Apparently in some places Expansion Ratio is used instead of Compression Ratio.

I have always thought of Expansion Ratio as the ratio things expand as they go from Liquid to Gas - like Water to Steam.
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