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The speed of sound at the critical condition can also be a good reference velocity. The speed of sound at that velocity is

$\displaystyle c^{*} = \sqrt{kRT^{*}}$

In the same manner, an additional Mach number can be defined as

$\displaystyle M^{*} = {U \over c^{*}}$

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Created by:Genick Bar-Meir, Ph.D.
On: 2007-11-21