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 | | Under standard conditions of temperature and pressure, and also at higher temperatures and lower pressures, the behavior of most real gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide is that predicted by the gas laws and the kinetic molecular theory. |
 | | However, as the temperature of a gas is decreased, the kinetic energy of the molecules decreases, their movement becomes more sluggish, and the attractive forces that exist between real molecules play a larger role in determining the behavior of the sample. |
 | | Likewise, if the pressure is increased and the volume decreased until the volume of the space between the molecules approximates the volume of the molecules themselves, the molecules can no longer act as the wholly independent particles postulated by the kinetic molecular theory. |
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