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Characteristics of matter -

Particles of matter

  1. are infinitely small;
  2. have space between them;
  3. are continuously moving;
  4. have attractive forces between particles;
  5. have an increase in kinetic energy with an increase in temperature.

On point 4 - gas particles are considered to have no attractive forces between one another and act totally independently of one another. However, there must be some attractive forces between particles as the pressure increases and/or the temperature decreases of gas would never condense to a liquid.

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