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When heating a substance, a phase change will start to occur when the kinetic energy of the particles is ___ the attractive forces between the particles.
low enough to combine
great enough to combine
equal to
low enough to overcome
great enough to overcome
When heating a substance, a phase change will start to occur when the kinetic energy of the particles is ___ the attractive forces between the particles.
low enough to combine
great enough to combine
equal to
low enough to overcome
great enough to overcome
2 Answers
"great enough to overcome"
Explanation:
At low temperatures, the kinetic energy of the particles is small on average, allowing the attractive forces between them to bind them together into, say, a solid. When the substance is heated, the particles gain kinetic energy, and once this is sufficient to overcome the attractive forces, the binding effect breaks down - leading to a liquid. The same thing occurs during the liquid to vapor transition - now the molecules become essentially free from each other.
Great enough to overcome
Explanation:
Every two particles in the universe are attracted to each other by Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
When energy is added to a system, particles will begin to move and the distance between some particles increases, resulting in