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Do real gases behave most ideally at high and low temperatures?

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Final answer:

Gases behave most ideally at high temperatures and low pressures.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gases behave most ideally at high temperatures and low pressures.

At these conditions, the intermolecular interactions between gas molecules are negligible, and the gas molecules themselves have an insignificant volume.

As a result, the behavior of real gases closely approximates that of ideal gases.

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