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Why a liquid and not a gas must be used as the fluid in a hydraulic marchine?​
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Why a liquid and not a gas must be used as the fluid in a hydraulic marchine?​

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Liquids are used in hydraulic systems because they are more difficult to compress than gases, so are better at transmitting forces - when a force is applied at one end of the system, it is easy transferred through the system.
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