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I have a question.
Is the gas state of element X having a higher kinetic energy than the liquid sate of element X? This is what my high school texts told me.
But kinetic theory says that "The average molecular kinetic energy is proportional to the absolute temperature"
If yes, then does that implies that gas is always having a higher temperature than liquid?
but then how can water vapour be cooler than boiling water?
Is the gas state of element X having a higher kinetic energy than the liquid sate of element X? This is what my high school texts told me.
But kinetic theory says that "The average molecular kinetic energy is proportional to the absolute temperature"
If yes, then does that implies that gas is always having a higher temperature than liquid?
but then how can water vapour be cooler than boiling water?
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