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    What creates a partial vacuum when a fan is in motion?

    Thank you. So a spinning fan creates regions where there are less air molecules than ambient air as well as regions where there are more air molecules than ambient air; I guess this will change the density of the macroscopic air particles near the fan? Does this mean that to determine the...
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    What creates a partial vacuum when a fan is in motion?

    My understanding is that when a fan begins spinning, a partial vacuum is created. Physically, what creates this partial vacuum? Does the motion of the blades create a void in which there are fewer air molecules than in the ambient air and thus the pressure is lower than the ambient pressure?
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