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Subject: How does air conditioner coolant fit the theory of thermodynamics?

Date: Wed Aug 16 00:56:44 2000
Posted by James Joyner
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: TN Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 966401804.Ph
Message:

I have been thinking a little about thermodynamics. Heat is considered to 
be energy and cold is simply the lack of heat energy. Heat energy seeks to 
equally distribute itself in a given area....it will seek to go from areas 
of high concentration to areas of low concentrations. This explains a car 
air conditioner system that removes the heat energy from the air, but how 
do you explain that coolant seems to produce lack of heat and repel the 
heat energy? I know the answer must be simple, but it doesn't compute in 
my mind  


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