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The process by which gases take the shape of their container is diffusion, in which the gas particles move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, until a dynamic equilibrium is reached.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoBasically, gases quickly take the shape of a container into which they are released because of a physical phenomenon called diffiusion. Diffusion is the tendency of a substance (gas or liquid) to move from a space where it is more concentrated into a space where it is less concentrated. Gas molecules are in a constant state of motion and when confined to a tighter space, have a higher energy level. But nature tends to want to be at a lower energy level, or at a state of rest. So given the opportunity, a gas will expand to reduce its potential energy, which results in diffusion.
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∙ 7y agoThe intermolecular forces in gases are extremely weak.
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∙ 12y agoI believe it is diffusion.
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What expand or contract to take the shape of a container?
Gases will expand or contract to take the shape of a container. This is because gases do not have a fixed shape or volume and will fill the available space of their container.
What is the shape of gasses?
Gases do not have a specific shape because they expand to fill the space available to them. They take the shape of the container they are in.
Do solids take the shape of it container?
No, solids have a fixed shape and volume. They maintain their shape regardless of the container they are placed in.
Have a definite shape and do not easily take the shape of there container?
Solids have a definite shape and do not easily take the shape of their container due to the strong intermolecular forces between their particles, which keep them locked in place. This characteristic distinguishes solids from liquids and gases, which can flow and take the shape of their container.
In which states does matter take the shape of a container?
Liquids and gases
What Takes shape of its container?
Liquids and gases will "take the shape" of their container.
What takes the shape of container?
Liquids and gases will "take the shape" of their container.
Why do gases take shape of their container?
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Liquids are like gases in that they?
take the shape of their container.
In which states does matter take the shape of a container?
Liquids and gases
Can gases shapeshift?
Gases will take on the shape of the container it is in. Carbon dioxide, for example, will take on the shape of the container, but if emptied from the container, the carbon dioxide, being heavier than air, will sink to the floor and then spread out across the floor.
Do gases keep their shape?
Gases can NOT change shape because gases don't have a 'shape', it's the container in which they are held that has a shape)
Liquids and gases are different from solids because they?
maintain their own shape and do not take the shape of their container.
What could be placed in a container that would not take on the shape of the container?
Gases, Liquids and solids are sometimes contrasted by the fact that liquids and gasses will take on the shape of the container that they are placed in while solids do not.
Name the prperty that liquids and gases share?
they Will take on the shape of the inside of their container
Can liquid change their shape And why?
A liquid doesn't have a shape of its own, instead it'll always get its shape from the container its in.liquids (along with gases) take the shape of their storage container.
