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Question 22
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Figure 1 shows a sealed autoclave heating chamber containing three test tubes. The first contains gallium metal, the second contains carbon dioxide gas, and the third contains a liquid thermosetting monomer.

After heating the chamber to 50 ∘C50\ ^\circ\text{C}50 ∘C, the substances are allowed to cool back to the initial temperature of 10 ∘C10\ ^\circ\text{C}10 ∘C.

The physical states of each substance at different stages are recorded in the table below.

SubstanceState at 10 ∘C10\ ^\circ\text{C}10 ∘CState at 50 ∘C50\ ^\circ\text{C}50 ∘CState after cooling back to 10 ∘C10\ ^\circ\text{C}10 ∘C
GalliumSolidLiquidSolid
Carbon dioxideGasGasGas
Thermosetting monomerLiquidSolidSolid

Figure 1: Sealed autoclave containing gallium, carbon dioxide, and a thermosetting monomer.

Describe the differences in the arrangement and movement of the particles in a liquid and in a gas.

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