What happens to gas particles when a gas is compressed?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking about the behavior of gas particles during compression, which involves concepts of gas laws and molecular movement.
Answer
The gas particles are forced closer together; average kinetic energy remains the same if temperature is unchanged.
When a gas is compressed, the volume decreases and the gas particles are forced closer together, but the average kinetic energy remains the same if the temperature is unchanged.
Answer for screen readers
When a gas is compressed, the volume decreases and the gas particles are forced closer together, but the average kinetic energy remains the same if the temperature is unchanged.
More Information
Compressing a gas involves reducing the space between gas particles, which increases their density but does not change their kinetic energy if the temperature is constant.
Tips
Common mistakes include assuming the kinetic energy changes during compression or that particles move slower, which happens only if the temperature changes.
Sources
- What happens to gas particles when a gas is compressed? - CK-12 - ck12.org
- Gases: Kinetic Molecular Theory - Purdue Chemistry - chemed.chem.purdue.edu
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