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A throttling process (valve) for an ideal gas results in:

A) Temperature change
B) No temperature change (constant enthalpy)
C) Pressure increase
D) Volume decrease

Explanation

Throttling is isenthalpic (h₁ = h₂). For ideal gases, h depends only on T, so T remains constant.

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