©clarice 2008the properties of solid liquid and gas.
qn 1: why can gas be compressed while solid and liquid can't?
- solid and liquids canot be compressed as their particles are closely packed
and there are little spaces inbetween.
whereas, gas has particles which are for apart
and there are alot of spaces inbetween them.
therefore, gas can be compressed and not solid and liquid.
qn 2: why does solid have fixed volume but not fixed shape?
- particles in a liquid are held by strong attractive forces
and are closely packed.
therefore, it has a fixed volume.
the particles are not in order,
hence, it does not have a fixed shape
