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When a gas is cooled, its viscosity typically increases. This is because cooling reduces the kinetic energy of the gas molecules, leading to a decrease in their speed and a higher likelihood of intermolecular interactions, which results in higher viscosity.
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What happens to a gas as it is cooled below 0 degrees?
this is known as liquifaction if the gas is cooled to liquid.
Why is a heated gas more viscous than a cooled gas?
Heating a gas increases its kinetic energy, causing its molecules to move faster and collide more frequently. This increased collision frequency leads to greater internal friction and higher viscosity in the gas. Cooling a gas has the opposite effect, reducing molecular motion and collision frequency, thus lowering its viscosity.
Viscosity is a property in which state of matter?
yes viscosity is a property of gas
How does viscosity change with heat?
For the wast majority of liquids, if they are heated, the viscosity reduces.
What does viscosity have to do with eruptions?
Viscosity of magma affects the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions. Magma with high viscosity traps gas bubbles, increasing pressure, leading to more explosive eruptions. In contrast, low viscosity magma allows gas to escape easily, resulting in less explosive eruptions.
What happens to viscosity in a gas when cooled?
The viscosity increase when the temperature decrease.
What happens to a gas as it is cooled below 0 degrees?
this is known as liquifaction if the gas is cooled to liquid.
What happens to gases as they are heated or cooled?
they tend to vibrate
What happens to the atoms of a gas when the gas is cooled?
The atoms loose kenetic energy and bounce around slower. This causes the gas to have less preasure and, if cooled enough, can cause the gas to condense into a liquid or sublimate into a solid.
What happens when gas cool down?
When cooled enough it will condense into a liquid. The required temperature changes with the substance.
When a container of gas is cooled what happens to the gas inside?
When a gas is cooled, its particles lose energy and slow down, causing the gas to contract. This decrease in temperature reduces the pressure the gas exerts on the container's walls.
What happens when oxygen is cooled?
When oxygen is cooled, it condenses from a gas to a pale blue liquid. At extremely low temperatures, around -183 degrees Celsius, oxygen solidifies into a blue, crystalline solid.
When cool dry air sinks from the upper atmosphere toward the Earth's surface what happens?
water vapor happens or gas flows into the air
What happens to the particles in a gas when its cooled?
They slow down and come closer together forming a liquid. Then further cooling will produce a solid.
Which process requires energycondensation or evaporation?
Condensation happens when a gas is cooled. As the gas cools, the particles loose energy,move more slowly and have a greater attraction for one another.
How would viscosity of the lava affect the size of the crystals that forms in the rock as it cools?
If the lava has cooled fast, the Cristal's will be smaller. If the lava cooled slowly, the crystals will be big
What does gas do when its cooled?
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