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No such thing as liquid air.

The mixed component gases all condense out at different temperatures.

Bear in mind air is a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen and other gases.

On cooling

Nitrogen condenses ar 77 K ( -196 oC)

Oxygen condenses at 90K ( -182 oC)

So between these two temperatures -182 & -196 oxygen is a liquid and nitrogen is a gas, so air is NOT a liquid.

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Liquid air is a mixture. It is primarily composed of nitrogen, oxygen, and small amounts of other gases such as argon and carbon dioxide, which all have different boiling points leading to separation into liquid air by distillation method.

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Liquid air is a mixture not a compound.

As we know that air is a mixture of different gases. It contains 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen and remaining 1% is comprising various other gases.

The process of preparing liquid air does not involve any chemical reaction and hence no compound is formed. It is basically a physical process involving compression of air as well as cooling simultaneously. Thus liquid air remains a mixture.

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15y ago
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mixture of:

hydrogen 78%
oxygen 21%
Aragon 1%
and Carbon dioxide 0.03%

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15y ago
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Air is a mixture of elements and compounds. Liquid air is the same mixture, except that it is extremely cold and the gases we'd normally find in air will be liquids or even solids.

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14y ago
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Air is a mixture. It can be separated into the elements of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, etc.

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9y ago
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Yes. So is natural gaseous air.

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15y ago
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Liquid air is a mixture.

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