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Why is it that when a steadily flowing gas flows from a larger diameter pipe to a smaller diameter pipe, what causes the pressure in the smaller pipe to drop?
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Why is it that when a steadily flowing gas flows from a larger diameter pipe to a smaller diameter pipe, what causes the pressure in the smaller pipe to drop?

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When a steadily flowing gas flows from a larger diameter pipe to a smaller diameter pipe the pressure does not decrease, it increases, do to the smaller volume. 
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