ELI5, Why do solids dissolve better in hot liquids, but gasses dissolve better in cold liquids?
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Its a problem of semantics, gasses dont dissolve into liquids. liquids absorb gases because matter wants to be at equilibrium. As liquids cool down their energy gets lower which means less “movement” of the atoms against each other which allows for more atoms of absorbed gasses to exist in the liquid medium before being excited out of solution by the movement of the liquid. More heat more energy more movement more interactions until it starts interacting with its own molecules and kicking the liquid out into its gas form.
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