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What could cause liquid molecules to separate into gas molecules?
Heat!
Do gases heat up when compressed?
Yes, gases heat up when they are compressed because the compression increases the gas molecules' kinetic energy, leading to a rise in temperature. This is known as adiabatic heating.
Does changing a gas to a liquid require heat?
Changing a gas to a liquid (condensation) typically releases heat, allowing the gas molecules to slow down and come together to form a liquid. This process involves removing energy (heat) from the gas molecules to make them transition into a liquid state.
How does a hot air balloon go up?
The more you heat a gas the more it's molecules spread out, hence the lighter it gets.
How will the state of matter change when heat is removed from a system?
Heat creates energy, so removing heat will slow down the movement of the molecules in the system. The molecules either go from gas -> liquid -> solid, or straight from gas ->solid.
How does gas apply to conduction?
Gas can conduct heat through the process known as gas conduction, where heat is transferred through collisions between gas molecules. This occurs in gases with high thermal conductivity, where molecules have more kinetic energy and collisions are more frequent. In this process, heat is transferred from a higher temperature region to a lower temperature region within the gas.
What three things affect airpressure?
Heat, number of molecules, atmospheric pressure and volume Volume * Pressure = molecules * molar gas constant * Heat
Does liquid to gas release heat?
No, the phase change from liquid to gas, known as vaporization, requires heat to be absorbed from the surroundings in order to break the intermolecular forces holding the molecules together. This heat is used to overcome the attractive forces between the molecules, causing them to break apart and transition to the gas phase.
What occurs when gases heat up?
When gases heat up, the molecules gain kinetic energy and move faster, increasing the pressure and volume of the gas. This leads to expansion of the gas, causing it to occupy a larger space. Additionally, heating gases can also cause them to undergo a phase change, such as turning from a gas to a plasma.
What is heat transfer in condensation?
It's complicated and hard to explain, but I'll try my best. Evaporation occurs when a liquid changes to a gas, but only on the surface of the liquid volume. The gas molecules transfer heat to the liquid molecules. An unequal distribution of heat causes some liquid molecules to become gas molecules. It is random and uneven. Energy from the sun also spawns evaporation. When evaporation does happen, the molecules that leave the liquid body takes a lot of heat with it, therefor the average temperature of the liquid decreases. Evaporation depends on heat, humidity, and air movement.
What is the term for heat transfer because of the movemebt of a gas?
The term for heat transfer due to the movement of a gas is convection. In this process, heat is transferred through the movement of the gas molecules from one place to another.
Why does heat turn liquid H2O into gas?
This is an incredibly complicated question; I recommend looking up evaporation in wikipedia. A brief, oversimplified answer is that there are attractive forces in H20 (water) molecules that hold it together, or else they would be separated (and thus be gas). Heat (thermo-kinetic energy) is actually vibrations in the molecules. Evaporation occurs when because of heat; basically the heat is shaking the molecules too hard for them to continue staying together.
