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Quick correction about room temperature air. It is strictly a function of the average speed of the air particles, or their kinetic energy. Temperature is not an aggregate summation of energy on a volume basis. Only on the basis of the speed of particles, on the average. At constant temperature, a greater air density has no bearing on air temperature. If molecules absorb high enough energy they may attain significant vibration states. Even higher energies and they may dissociate or ionize.
 

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