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7th March 2011 | 04:27

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Brian Abraham

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From: Sale, Australia

I'd imagine uncompressible in the sense that by compressing already hot air you make it so hot as to melt the structure. Hence the need to cool it prior to compression. Think intercooler on piston engine supercharging.

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