What are five properties of gases?
1 Answer
Aug 24, 2017
Too long for one sentence, see the Explanation.
Explanation:
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They have low density.
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They occupy the whole volume of what they are put into.
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They contract and heat up under pressure (think of how hot a bicycle tire feels when you have pumped air into it).
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They can also condense to liquids or solids under pressure (like pressurized propane tanks for grills), or when cooled (like stored liquid nitrogen for some lab equipment).
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They form rising bubbles when formed in a liquid that undergoes a chemical reaction (like the carbon dioxide formed when limestone is dropped into an acid).