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Question
What energy change would you Expect to take place in the molecules of a substance when it undergoes:
(i) a change in its temperature?
(ii) a change in itsstate without any change in its temperature?
Solution
(i) Inter molecular space changes.
(ii) Intermolecular space increases.
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