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Model Interactions of Energy and Matter in a Gas Phase

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Thermal runaway changes the behavior of gas particles in a room or container. We can use gas laws to predict and describe this behavior.

Explore this student guide, along with the PhET Gas Properties simulation, to understand: How do gases behave at the particle scale as temperature increases?

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