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Supercooling.

The term subcooling refers to a liquid existing at a temperature below its normal
saturation temperature. For example, water boils at 373K; at room temperature (300K)
the water is termed "subcooled". A subcooled liquid is the convenient state in which, say,
refrigerants may undergo the remaining stages of a refrigeration cycle.
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Normally, a
refrigeration system has a subcooling stage, allowing technicians to be certain that the
quality, in which the refrigerant reaches the next step on the cycle, is the desired one.
Subcooling may take place in heat exchangers and outside them. Being both similar and
inverse processes, subcooling and superheating are important to determine stability and
well-functioning of a refrigeration system.
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