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forsale [732]
3 years ago
8

Why are gases compressible

Chemistry
1 answer:
Kamila [148]3 years ago
7 0

Hi my dear friend,

The atoms, ions, or molecules that make up the solid or liquid are very close together. There is no space between the individual particles, so they cannot pack together. ... Gases are compressible because most of the volume of a gas is composed of the large amounts of empty space between the gas particles.

~Thank you

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