Air is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas mixture. It consists of many gases, but primarily of oxygen (21%) and nitrogen (78%). Air is always more or less contaminated with solid particles, for example, dust, sand, soot and salt crystals. Typical properties of air are listed in Table 3.1. If air is considered to be an ideal gas, its behaviour can be described based on the general law of state.
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Momber, A. (2008). Air and Abrasive Acceleration. In: Momber, A. (eds) Blast Cleaning Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73645-5_3
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