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Which property that must decrease when a gas condenses into a liquid?

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Standard voltaic potential
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Entropy
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Enthalpy
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Reaction rate
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Gibbs free energy
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Solution

The correct option is A Entropy
Entropy must decrease when a gas condenses into a liquid.
The entropy of a gas is higher than the entropy of liquid as gas molecules are free to move and the liquid molecules are held by strong intermolecular attractive forces.

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