A ______ acquires the volume of the container in which it is enclosed.

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A gas does not have a definite volume nor shape of its own. .
The intermolecular force between the molecules of gas are extremely weak and the intermolecular space among molecules of it is much larger to solid or liquid.
Thus the gas acquires the volume of the container in which it is enclosed.

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A ______ acquires the volume of the container in which it is enclosed.

A gas does not have a definite volume nor shape of its own. .The intermolecular force between the molecules of gas are extremely weak and the intermolecular space among molecules of it is much larger to solid or liquid. Thus the gas acquires the volume of the container in which it is enclosed.

A gas does not have a definite volume nor shape of its own. .
The intermolecular force between the molecules of gas are extremely weak and the intermolecular space among molecules of it is much larger to solid or liquid.
Thus the gas acquires the volume of the container in which it is enclosed.