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If a gas is heated up, how does this affect the motion of its particles?

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In gases, temperature relates to its kinetic energy — the hotter the gas, the faster the particles will move (for example, if we take that the formula of kinetic energy is Ek = 3/2 * k * T where k iz Boltzmanns constant and T is temperature, we see that kinetic energy — which is the energy an object has when its moving — only really depends on the temperature.)
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