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  2. Evaporation - Wikipedia

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    When the molecules of the liquid collide, they transfer energy to each other based on how they collide. When a molecule near the surface absorbs enough energy to overcome the vapor pressure , it will escape and enter the surrounding air as a gas. [ 3 ]

  3. Deposition (aerosol physics) - Wikipedia

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    Gravitational sedimentation – the settling of particles fall down due to gravity. Interception. This is when small particles follow the streamlines, but if they flow too close to an obstacle, they may collide (e.g. a branch of a tree). Turbulence. Turbulent eddies in the air transfer particles which can collide. Again, there is a net flux ...

  4. Thermophoresis - Wikipedia

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    When they collide with the large, slower-moving particles of the tobacco smoke they push the latter away from the rod. The force that has pushed the smoke particles away from the rod is an example of a thermophoretic force, as the mean free path of air at ambient conditions is 68 nm [2] and the characteristic length scales are between 100 ...

  5. Collision theory - Wikipedia

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    The rate for a bimolecular gas-phase reaction, A + B → product, predicted by collision theory is [6] = = ⁡ ()where: k is the rate constant in units of (number of molecules) −1 ⋅s −1 ⋅m 3.

  6. Atmospheric escape - Wikipedia

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    One classical thermal escape mechanism is Jeans escape, [1] named after British astronomer Sir James Jeans, who first described this process of atmospheric loss. [2] In a quantity of gas, the average velocity of any one molecule is measured by the gas's temperature, but the velocities of individual molecules change as they collide with one another, gaining and losing kinetic energy.

  7. Gas - Wikipedia

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    Drifting smoke particles indicate the movement of the surrounding gas.. Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.The others are solid, liquid, and plasma. [1] A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or compound molecules made from a variety of atoms (e.g. carbon dioxide).

  8. Bottled water is full of plastic particles, new study finds - AOL

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    Woman drinking bottled water. Scientists studying how tiny particles of plastic affect our everyday lives say that the amount of nanoplastics found in bottled water is between 10 to 100 times ...

  9. Molecular diffusion - Wikipedia

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    Molecular diffusion, often simply called diffusion, is the thermal motion of all (liquid or gas) particles at temperatures above absolute zero. The rate of this movement is a function of temperature, viscosity of the fluid and the size (mass) of the particles.