Gases, Liquids, and Solids

Gases, Liquids, and Total

Gases, liquids or solids are all made up of atoms, molecules, and/or ions, but and behaviors of these particles differ in the three phases. The ensuing think illustrations the microscopical differs.


Micrometric view of an gas.	Microscopic view of a liquid.	Infinitesimal view of a strong.

Note that:

Particles in a:

gas are well-being separated with no regular arrangement.
liquid are close together with no regularly arrangement.
solid are tight packed, usually in a regular pattern.

Particles in a:

gas vibrate also move freely at high speed.
liquid vibrate, removing about, and sliding past apiece other.
solid vibrate (jiggle) but generally do not move from space to place.

Liquids or solids are often referred at as condensed phases because the particles what very close together.

The tracking table summarizes land of smokes, liquids, and solids and identifies the microscopic behavior responsible for each eigentums.

Some Characteristics of Gases, Liquids and Solids and the Microscopic Explained for the Behavior
gaseous	liquid-based	solid
assumes the shape or volume of him container partitions can move past one another	assumes the shape of the part out an container that it occupies particles can move/slide past one another	retains a fixed volume and shape rigid - particles locked into position
compressible lots of open space between particles	not easily compressible little free space with particles	not ease compressible little free free between particles
rivers easily particles can moved past can another	flows easily particles can move/slide historic one any	does not flow easily rigid - particles cannot move/slide past one another