why can't you put your hand through a solid?
2007-09-24 08:50:41 · 4 answers · asked by London92 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It is a solid!!
Come up with tougher ones!
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2007-09-24 08:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by muddypuppyuk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Electromagnetic repulsion. When you bring your hand in contact with a solid, you are really bringing the electron clouds around the molecules of your hand into the proximity of the electron clouds around the molecules of the solid. To pass through a solid object, it would either have to have widely-spaced molecules (which would make it a gas, not solid) or you would have to exert enough force to push the electrons out of the way, while somehow not having yours stripped away as well.
2007-09-24 16:38:47 · answer #2 · answered by BNP 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
solids are made up of tightly packed atoms therfore leaving no space to put ur hand through it they are strong and do not break easily
whereas in a liquid the atoms are semi packed but a little far away.
2007-09-27 10:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by AL234 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The attractive forces between the particles in the solid are stronger than you are.
2007-09-24 15:59:58 · answer #4 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋