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Is the space between the particles slay the same when thermal energy is added to the material?

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No

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When thermal energy is added to a material ,kinetic energy increases causing the molecules to begin to move faster. When these particles move faster, more space is created because there is more energy to overcome the intermolecular forces, which causes the distance of the molecules to increase. This is why a liquid can become a gas (evaporation) the increase in thermal energy increases the movement of the molecules and they overcome the forces that hold them together, causing the distance between each particles

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