(5.3) Characteristics of Gases Unit 5: Gas Chemistry (5.3) Characteristics of Gases
Four States of Matter
States of Water Solid, Liquid, and Gas
Plasma State Our Sun
Kinetic Theory of Matter (See the particles moving or vibrating in place)
Gases have neither definite shape nor definite volume.
Gas particles have frequent collisions due to very high speeds.
The average distance a gas molecule travels before colliding with another molecule is the mean free path of the molecule.
The speed, the distance of travel, and the number of molecular collisions vary with temperature, the number of particles in a given volume, and the mass of the particles.