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In general, what is the effect of increased temperature on the solubility of a gas?

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The Solubility decreases.
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The higher kinetic energy causes more motion in the gas molecules which break intermolecular bonds and escape from solution. Check out the graph below: As thetemperature increases, the solubility of a gas decreases as shown by the downward trend in the graph.
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