As the temp of a liquid increases

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As the temp of a liquid increases

Increasing the temperature gives the liquid’s molecules more energy. When that energy reaches the boiling point, the intermolecular forces aren’t strong enough to keep the molecules together as a liquid, so they escape into the gas phase. That’s why it becomes a vapor. If you kept heating, it would stay a gas. Heating a liquid wouldn’t make it solid, and plasma formation requires much more energy to ionize the atoms, not just heat a liquid to boiling.

Increasing the temperature gives the liquid’s molecules more energy. When that energy reaches the boiling point, the intermolecular forces aren’t strong enough to keep the molecules together as a liquid, so they escape into the gas phase. That’s why it becomes a vapor. If you kept heating, it would stay a gas. Heating a liquid wouldn’t make it solid, and plasma formation requires much more energy to ionize the atoms, not just heat a liquid to boiling.

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