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How does heat gases cause increase in pressure

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When a gas is trapped inside a container which has a fixed size (its volume cannot change) and the gas is heated, the particles will gain kinetic energy which will make them move faster. This causes the force on the walls of the container to increase and so the pressure increases.

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