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Expansion chamber
Expansion chamber (disambiguation)
An expansion chamber is an exhaust system used on a two-stroke cycle engine to enhance its power output by improving its volumetric efficiency.
Expansion chamber may also refer to:
- A large-scale expansion tank such as used in a pumping station, see Expansion tank#Larger systems.
- One of the essential components of the original and most common design of a condensation particle counter and similar instruments.
Usage examples of "expansion chamber".
The radiation levels inside a well-used expansion chamber were in the fatal-within-minutes range.
MERCURY fed through pipes and pumps, past Sverdlov's control board, past the radiation wall, into the expansion chamber and through the ionizer and so as a spray past the sunlike heart of a thermonuclear plasma.