mixture of two gases is in a rigid container at 25°C. The particle

diagram shows a mixture of neon gas and argon gas.
Key
Neon atom
Argon atom
The temperature was decreased below the boiling point of each gas.
Which diagram shows what would happen to the gas mixture?

1 answer

When the temperature of a gas mixture is decreased below the boiling point of each gas, the gases will begin to condense into their liquid forms.

In a particle diagram illustrating this process, you would expect to see a denser arrangement of particles representing the condensed phases of neon and argon. The diagram would ideally show fewer particles in the gaseous state and more particles represented as liquids or packed closely together, indicating a liquid state.

If the original diagram showed individual particles of neon and argon randomly distributed in the container, the modified diagram would likely show layers or clusters of particles that represent the condensed liquid phases of both gases, with a much smaller number of gaseous particles remaining.

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