Water is initially present in a state where its molecules are far apart. during a change of state, its molecules slow down. which change of state has most likely taken place? from a gas to a liquid from a liquid to a gas from a solid to a liquid from a gas to a plasma

From gas to a liquid

Explanation:

In gaseous stage the water molecules have very large inter molecular distances. This is caused by the high kinetic energy of the individual molecules. As the steam molecules cool down and form a liquid, they slow down and these inter molecular distances diminish, thus the molecules are nearer to each other. Consequently, liquid water has less kinetic energy than steam.  

answer : third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

explanation :

let us write down the given equations

equation 1 :

equation 2 :

equation 3 :

let us use hess's law to find out which 2 equations can be added to get the third equation.

let us reverse equation 2 and multiply it by 2. the new equation that we get is,

equation 4 :

let us add equation 1 & 4

the above equation is similar to equation 3 but has different value for dhrxn.

therefore third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol