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50 gas molecules in motion in
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Figure 3: Expansion of a Gas with Fifty Molecules.
Increase the number gas particles to 50 shown in figure 3.
Q11. Explain the idea of spontaneity and the direction of the process at the molecular
level by the motion of a large number of particles.

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