2006-08-28 09:35:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Adjoining atoms/molecules in a solid stick together quite well. In a liquid and in a gas, they don't. The only exception I'm aware of is atoms in gases like oxygen usually travel in molecular pairs. You don't normally come across just one oxygen atom (O) floating around, but you'll see two atoms (O2) paired together in a molecule. This molecule doesn't stick together with any other molecule in a gas or liquid...but in a solid, they tend to crystallize and stay near their neighbor.
2006-08-28 09:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by TaxMan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no to the first question, it's in solid phase that particles stick closer together. In gas phase you have particles moving at high speed in several motions. In liquid phase you have a little bit of both, where some particles are able to move freely while still closer together than in gas phase.
2006-08-28 16:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by Natasha B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gas molecules held together very loosely. Liquids have a tighter bond. And solids the tightest of all.
2006-08-28 16:46:11 · answer #3 · answered by dudezoid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋