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It's actually a lot simpler than that. When liquid water boils, some of the water molecules in a liquid state become so energetic that they go into a gaseous state. They remain water molecules, completely unchanged in their internal composition. They just change how they relate to other molecules. The only "gas" that's released during boiling is water vapor.
As such, you can reheat the same water a thousand times and you won't get any change in the boiling process (other than loss of the liquid as the water vapor wisps away). The water molecules in a liquid state will become water molecules in a gaseous state, and the process will be the same on the first, second, and thousandth time.
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∙ 11y agoAll the water molecules will start separating and will spread.
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∙ 14y agoThe water molecules will split
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∙ 6y agoLiquid water molecules are transformed in gaseous water molecules.
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When water boils some of its molecules have enough what to overcome the attraction of neighboring molecules?
kinetic energy
What happens to the molecules when you boil water do they boils off or stay behind?
Whe you boil water, molecules of water "escape" into the atmosphere. The molecular structure of water is unaffected by boiling.
What happens to solute molecules when the solvent evaporates or boils?
once the molecules evaporates or boils that there would be less of an amount of the component in the solution.
What is the boiling part of water?
When water boils, the entire volume of water can produce vapor. In contrast, when water evaporates, only molecules at the surface can escape into the gas phase.
What happens when water boils and turns in to gas?
When matter is heated the molecules move faster and the speed becomes so great the molecules cannot hold together. The molecules fly apart and become a gas.
What is the steam being given off when the water boils is it water molecules or hydrogen molecules?
Steam is water molecules in vapor form
What happends to water molecules when they are heated?
IT BOILS, what kind of question is this?
When water boils some of its molecules have enough what to overcome the attraction of neighboring molecules?
kinetic energy
What happens to the molecules when you boil water do they boils off or stay behind?
Whe you boil water, molecules of water "escape" into the atmosphere. The molecular structure of water is unaffected by boiling.
Does air turn into water?
No, when water boils it evaporates into single water molecules. We can see the cooler of these as they condense into steam. Steam or water vapour is the water molecules re-condensing into water droplets.
Does water boiling turn into air?
No, when water boils it evaporates into single water molecules. We can see the cooler of these as they condense into steam. Steam or water vapour is the water molecules re-condensing into water droplets.
Is water boils a chemical reaction?
no it is the molecules in the water moving fast and bumping into each other
If water boils at 100 degrees Celsius what will happen to the alcohol?
alcohal will vaporised
What happens to solute molecules when the solvent evaporates or boils?
once the molecules evaporates or boils that there would be less of an amount of the component in the solution.
How is the boiling of water and the cooling of water vapor a reversible reaction?
when water boils the molecules will get a bigger space inbetween them, which forms a gas (water vapor), when you cool down wator vapor the molecules will get closer together and form a liquid (water)
How the boiling of water and the cooling of water vapor is a reversible reaction.?
when water boils the molecules will get a bigger space inbetween them, which forms a gas (water vapor), when you cool down wator vapor the molecules will get closer together and form a liquid (water)
How the boiling of the water and the cooling of water vapor is a reversible reaction?
when water boils the molecules will get a bigger space inbetween them, which forms a gas (water vapor), when you cool down wator vapor the molecules will get closer together and form a liquid (water)
