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A gas cools when it undergoes Joule-Thomson expansion at a given temperature. This temperature must be

  1. Aabove the inversion temperature
  2. Bbelow the inversion temperature
  3. Cequal to the critical temperature
  4. Dequal to the Boyle temperature

Answer: B

Below the inversion temperature intermolecular attraction dominates; work done against attraction during expansion lowers the kinetic energy and the gas cools. Above the inversion temperature the gas warms on throttling.
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