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Can a tank of oxygen gas ever be half empty? Explain.​

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An oxygen tank can never be half empty. Since the amount of space between the gas particles matches the volume of its container, they would take up all the space in the tank. In this case, the gas particles would spread throughout the tank.
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Step-by-step explanation:

An oxygen tank can never be half empty. Since the amount of space between the gas particles matches the volume of its container, they would take up all the space in the tank. In this case, the gas particles would spread throughout the tank.

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