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Standard IX
Chemistry
Properties of Gases
Gases occupy ...
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Gases occupy all the space available to them. Why?
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The molecules of gases are loosely packed.
They move freely in all directions.
Also, they have neither a fixed shape nor fixed volume.
That is why they occupy all space available to them.
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