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How do chemists explain on a molecular basis

the fact that gases in containers exert pressure
on the walls of the container?

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User Baggers
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Step-by-step explanation:

It happens because particles of gas are in constant random motion. Thus they can collide with the walls of the container causing pressure on the walls.

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