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Gases loses its kinetic energy when it hits another object.

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Gases loses its kinetic energy when it hits another object.

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That's not entirely accurate. When a gas molecule collides with another object, it doesn't necessarily lose its kinetic energy. Instead, the kinetic energy can be transferred from one molecule to another during the collision. This is known as an elastic collision. In an elastic collision, the total kinetic energy before the collision is equal to the total kinetic energy after the collision. However, if the collision is inelastic, some of the kinetic energy is converted into other forms of energy, such as potential energy or thermal energy.

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