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What does it mean that Oxygen and Water can exist in a gas state but at vastly different temperatures?

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Answer: Water molecules are strongly attracted to each other, so they remain condensed (that is, a liquid, and not a gas) at higher temperatures. Dihydrogen and dioxygen have no strong attractive forces to hold the molecules together, so they exist as gases at room temperature and pressure (that is, in our everyday lives).

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