Physics Question #6

Gary Kolling, a 43 year old male from the Internet asks on April 28, 1999,

What term is applied to all processes and physical measurements carried out under conditions of below-normal atmospheric pressure?

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The answer

Barry Shell answered on April 28, 1999

Hypobaric. We have a neat hypobaric chamber at Simon Fraser University that can simulate what happens when a window blows out in a commercial jet at 30,000 ft., or what it's like on Mars. See http://fas.sfu.ca/kin/research/epu.html

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