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Explain Why The Methanol Temperature Decreased The Fast
In liquids, particles are being held together by bonds, however the particles are still able to move around ("Evaporation"). Some of these particles have a lot of energy. These particles with a lot of energy are able to escape in a form of gas even before the liquid reaches its boiling point ("Evaporation"). If there are not a lot of forces holding the liquid particles together the particles would have a less chance of changing state. The graph shows that the average methanol temperature decreased the fastest after being stable for the first 20 seconds (see Figure 1). Methanol consist of four hydrogens, one oxygen, and one carbon with the chemical form of CH3OH ("Methanol" 1072). This explains why the methanol temperature decreased the fastest

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