What happens to thermal energy during condensation?

Answer 1

Think what happens if you place a glass lid over a pan of boiling water. You will see liquid form on the underside of the lid. Instead of escaping from the closed pan, the water vapor formed from boiling hits the cooler lid and forms liquid drops through condensation. Energy is transferred as heat from gas particles to the lid. The gas particles no longer have enough energy to overcome the attractive forces between them, so they go into the liquid state.

Answer 2

Cooling, or lowering the temperature, reduces the average speeds of the molecules. The molecules then have a better chance of sticking together. As you keep taking away heat, more and more molecules stick onto the liquid globs already formed.

It's the same as evaporation but reversed.

Answer 3

Thermal energy converts or consumed in converting it to liquid.

Answer 4

thermal energy is released by the substance

Answer 5

Energy is gained by the solid (endothermic reaction) to make it change state to a liquid.

Answer 6

The energy is released into the air.

Answer 7

It gives up heat.

Answer 8

density increases,heat increases