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Explanation:
The postulates of the kinetic theory of matter are;
- Every substance is made up of tiny particles called molecules. Brownian motion and diffusion illustrates this fact.
- The molecules that compose matter are in constant random motion.
- There exists an attractive force between the molecules in matter. The attractive forces between gases are negligible. Solids have a definite shape and volume due to a high magnitude of intermolecular forces. Liquids have a volume but no definite shape due to weaker intermolecular forces. Gases have the weakest intermolecular forces hence the do not have both a shape and volume. They take on the volume of the container into which they are put. This illustrates this fact.
- The actual volume occupied by gas molecules is negligible relative to the volume of the container. The fact that gases are easily compressible illustrates this fact.
- Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a body.
