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Author(s) Paul Peter Urone

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ISBN 9781938168000

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Question: What is the distinction between gas and vapor?

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The term vapor refers to the gas phase when it exists at a temperature below boiling temperature. Or we can say that it is a mixture of two or more different phases at room temperature. Whereas gas contains a single thermodynamics state at room temperature.

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Step 1: Difference between gas & vapor

Anything that takes space and has some weight is called matter. Gas is also a state of matter, even though it isn't visible, it takes space and has some volume and mass. The gaseous state has neither a definite shape nor volume. An example of gas is oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.

Vapor is a substance in its gaseous state.

Step 2: Vapour

Vapor is a mixture of two or more different phases at room temperature, they are liquid and gaseous phase
When observed under a microscope, the particles arranged in a proper shape
It consists of random molecules and atoms, which move randomly
It is not a state of matter, unlike gas.
It may occur at a temperature below boiling point

Eg: Water vapor, Iodine vapor

Step 3: Gas

Gas usually contains a single thermodynamic state at room temperature.
When observed under a microscope, it does not have a definite shape
It also consists of random molecules and atoms, which move randomly
Gases are a state of matter
It appears at a temperature greater than or equal to the boiling point

Eg: Helium, Oxygen, Nitrogen

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