Phases and Classification of Matter| Essential Ideas| Chemistry| Openstax| Problem 9

What properties distinguish solids from liquids? Liquids from gases? Solids from gases?

Solution:

Liquids can change their shape (flow); solids can’t. Gases can undergo large volume changes as pressure changes; liquids do not. Gases flow and change volume; solids do not.

 

 

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