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The critical temperature of a substance is the temperature at and above which vapor of the substance cannot be liquefied, regardless of the pressure applied on the substance. Gases become more difficult to liquefy as the temperature increases because the kinetic energies of the particles that make up the gas also increase. Every substance has a critical temperature. For example, for water critical temperature is 374°C.
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Pandey, P. (2011). Critical Temperature. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_80
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