Sunday, 30 October 2011

Questions

Why do solids keep their shape and why don't liquids and gases ?

As solids have a tightly packed formation and cannot move around and there is very strong bonds between particles, where as liquids and gases don't have a regular formation and can move around, so they are able to change shape.
Why do solids and liquids have a fixed volume but gases can spread out to fill their container?

As gases have no attracting forces between the particles and no fixed shape or volume, where as solids and liquids do have stronger bonds between particles and solids have a fixed shape and both have a fixed volume.

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