Why do saturated gases not follow the ideal gas law?

What will be an ideal response?


If a saturated gas is cooled, some of the gas molecules will condense to liquid, leaving fewer gas molecules. This drops the pressure much more than simply slowing the gas molecules down in an ideal gas.

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A. there were about three million men in the program. B. the men were mostly young, hired to work in fresh-air camps. C. many of the men had criminal records. D. they worked on reforestation, flood control and swamp drainage projects. E. CCC workers helped families by sending most of their paychecks home.

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