can a solid be a liquid?

Question

i have a science fair project comming up and i need help(alot)
(pronto)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

glass is a liquid - or so I have been told.
If you look at windows in really old houses, the glass is wrinkled or waved, which supposedly proves that glass is still in a liquid form. It just moves at an extremely slow pace.

Answer 2

David's mom has a point. Glass is a liquid like solid that actually slumps. This effect takes many many years, but it has been noticed in the stain glass of very old churches. Finding this kind of glass or proving it would be very hard though.

I can't think of any other liquid that seems so solid, but a dense enough liquid; like mercury can act like one. However mercury is a dangerous substance so working with it is not easy and requires a sealed container; you could create a glove box for the audience to feel it though. You could balance a spunge on it and show that the spunge won't absorb the mercurcy.

Answer 3

Gas, liquid, and solid are known as the three states of matter or material, but each of solid and liquid states may exist in one or more forms. Thus, another term is required to describe the various forms, and the term phase is used. Each distinct form is called a phase, but the concept of phase defined as a homogeneous portion of a system, extends beyond a single material, because a phase may also involve several materials. For example, a homogeneous solution of any number of substances is a one-phase system. Phase is a concept used to explain many physical and chemical changes (reactions).

A solid has a definite shape and volume. A liquid has a definite volume but it takes the shape of a container whereas a gas fills the entire volume of a container. You already know that diamond and graphite are solids made up of the element carbon. They are two phases of carbon, but both are solids.

Answer 4

Syrup : Liquid (utilizing the chemistry definition ... it fairly is a homogeneous blend in liquid type) Sand : good (not plenty to describe there) Steam : gas (it fairly is area of water (H2O). Ice is the solid type (it particularly is nevertheless H2O) and steam is the gaseous from (yep, nevertheless H2O). Glass : For the main area, and for the fast answer, it fairly is a good. in spite of the undeniable fact that, it fairly is technically a Liquid. an exceedingly gradual gradual shifting liquid. Ever flow to an exceedingly previous dwelling house and look contained in the direction of the dwelling house windows? each and every thing outdoors seems slightly warped? this is via the fact through the years, the glass is slowly shifting down, and warping the place it as quickly as replaced into flat. Chewing Gum : good. purely like the syrup definition, basically it fairly is a homogeneous good.

Answer 5

In theory, all solids can become liquids, all liquids can become gasses.

The melting point is the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid. Everyone knows that ice melts at temperatures above -32F or 0C. This is the melting point of H20.

A solid can also change directly into a gas through a process called "sublimation". If you have ever seen dry ice, you notice that it constantly sublimates or gives off gas particles.

Answer 6

Naturally, a solid is not a liquid. However, one may have a glass. A glass is an amorphous solid. Many other solids are crystalline. There is a school of thought that glasses are liquids that are at such low temperatures that they have ceased to "flow." Or, if they flow, they do so at very slow rates (See deformation of glass vessels in Egyptian tombs).

Answer 7

Not at the same time, but if you melt a solid it will become a liquid. And if you freeze a liquid it will become a solid.

Answer 8

take ur gold ring, its a solid. get it hot enough and it will lose its shape and bocome a liquid. liquid is the state of matter when the particles can be shaped very easily.

Answer 9

ice?