When gas in a cylinder is compressed by pushing in a piston, its temperature, rises. Guess at an explanation of this in terms of kinetic theory.

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KE=3/2PV=3/2RT for one mole of gas average kinetic energy is proportional to absolute temperature when pressure increases in cylinder KE increases of the gas. 3/2 is a constsnt R is a constant so T increases.
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