How does the motion of particles in a gas change as the gas cools?

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Jeff Wight · Answer 1 · 2018-01-03T22:06:22+0000

They move more slowly.

"When particles move slowly enough for their attractions to bring them together, droplets of liquid form." - centergrove

Benjamin Abt · Answer 2 · 2018-01-06T22:47:05+0000

As the gas cools the motion of the particles slow down and they move imperfectly (motion is starting to get affected by IMFs, bounces off of the container walls are no longer perfectly elastic).

How does the motion of particles in a gas change as the gas cools?

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