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Apart from each other, the intermolecular spaces are very large in gases.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoA gas can be compressed because its particles are evenly distributed around its container. There are wide enough spaces between the particles so that they can be forced together.
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Why can you not compress a liquid?
The particles in a liquid are close together. In a solid the particles are tightly packed together so you cannot compress them at all. The particles in a gas are far apart, so when they are compressed the volume of the gas reduces. The bonds in a liquid are not as close as those in a solid but they are still too close for compression.
What type of change results in a change of state?
Shifting temperature. If its colder, the harder it will get because the particles will compress together. If its warmer, the substance will liquify (melt) or even turn into gas because the particles move apart from each other.
Why are liquids and solids incompressible?
molecular structure
Why gases are easily compressible where as liquids and solids are not?
Because the particles in a gas are free-moving, and spread widely apart. When they are compressed, there is extravspace that they can fit into. Liquids+solids have particles that are clos together :)
Why is it easier to compress a liquid than a gas?
This is due to the fact that the particles of the liquid are close together and have a definite volume, whereas the particles of the gas are far apart and do not have a definite volume.
Can you compress a gas because its particles are close together?
No. You can compress a gas because the particles are NOT close together. If they are close together (as in a solid) it is extremely difficult to compress any further.
What is harder to compress gas liquid or solid?
The molecules of a solid are the most tightly packed than those of either gas or liquid making it the hardest of the three to compress. Gas has the most space between molecules and is therefore the easiest to compress.
Can a gas be compressed?
Gases can be compressed,this is because they have small particles and can fit into smaller spaces, for example:they can be squeezed into aerol cans
Why can you not compress a liquid?
The particles in a liquid are close together. In a solid the particles are tightly packed together so you cannot compress them at all. The particles in a gas are far apart, so when they are compressed the volume of the gas reduces. The bonds in a liquid are not as close as those in a solid but they are still too close for compression.
What type of change results in a change of state?
Shifting temperature. If its colder, the harder it will get because the particles will compress together. If its warmer, the substance will liquify (melt) or even turn into gas because the particles move apart from each other.
Why are liquids and solids incompressible?
molecular structure
Why does liquid compress much less than a gas does?
This is due to the fact that the particles of the liquid are close together and have a definite volume, whereas the particles of the gas are far apart and do not have a definite volume.
Why can't you compress a solid?
Because a solid allready has a form that is why you cant compress it
Does gas compress easily?
Yes it does. Of the 3 common states of matter, the gas phase is the easiest to compress. This is because gas molecules are traveling very quickly and there is a lot of space between atoms, allowing room to compress.
Why are gases more compressible than liquids?
With gases, there is already a lot of space in between the particles. Therefore, the particles can be pushed more closely together than in liquids, since the particles in liquids are already much closer together.
Why can you compress a gas?
Gases can be compressed because each gas particle has relatively vast amounts of room between it and all other gas particles the majority of the time. Thus, compression, which is essentially forcing the gas particles closer together, has a great deal of space to reduce.
Why are the hot gas particles moving faster than cool gas particles?
Because hot gas particles have greater kinetic energy than cold gas particles
