What is the effect when the pressure and temperature are higher than the critical point of an element?
A) There is a rapid boiling of the element that dissipates quickly into a gas.
B) There is no difference between the gaseous and liquid state of that element.
C) There is no difference between the solid and gaseous state of that element.
D) There is an instant freezing of that element into a solid.
E) There is a conversion of that element into a metal.

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When the pressure and temperature are higher than the critical point of an element, the distinction between the gaseous and liquid state disappears. The substance exists as a supercritical fluid, which exhibits properties of both gas and liquid.

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