Kinetic energy and temperature
What Kinetic energy and temperature means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Heating a gas transfers energy to the particles, so their mean kinetic energy and average speed increase.
A higher temperature increases particle kinetic energy and therefore the rate of diffusion.
Topics that use Kinetic energy and temperature
- Diffusion (AQA GCSE)
- Particle motion in gases (AQA GCSE)
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- Collision frequency and force on container walls
- Concentration gradient
- Diffusion
- Diffusion and exchange surfaces
- Diffusion distance
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