is it a
solid
liquid
gas
please explain your answer
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2007-10-07 05:17:17 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It is a fluid, albeit a thick one. Please don't ask me to explain why it is not any of the others....
2007-10-07 05:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by baby_face_paris 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Didn't someone just ask this. This is a question like is God so powerful that he can create a rock that even he can't lift.
I would say, yes, toothpaste is a solid. To go any further, we'd have to technically look up what is an is not a solid or liquid. We can say with certainty, that this is not a gas.
2007-10-07 13:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would call it a solid.
It is obviously not a gas because it does not all escape into the air when you take off the cap form the tube.
It is not a liquid because it has too many ground up solids in it to permit it to flow easily. It is not pourable like the usual low-viscosity liquids not does it conform to the container except under high pressure as it is filled.
I reluctantly call it a solid because of its high-solids content.
However if you had additional categories (like fluid) I would say that toothpaste has enough liquid content mixed-in that it can be extruded under pressure from the tube. That could make it a high-viscosity fluid in the same category as cake frosting or axle grease or butter.
2007-10-07 12:25:47 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a solid but toothpaste doesnt leak out so its not a liquid
2007-10-07 12:22:35 · answer #4 · answered by Pwnzorr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is neither a solid liquid or gas. It had the qualities of both a solid and a liquid.
2007-10-07 12:25:31 · answer #5 · answered by Lambkins 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this sounds like a homework question
2007-10-07 12:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by Felicia B 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's a liquid solid, items can be in the middle of groups.
2007-10-07 12:21:10 · answer #7 · answered by adam d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a liquid as it will mould to the shape of the container it is put in. it obviously is not a gas, and it cannot be a solid as you cannot change the shape of a solid by putting pressure on it.
technically it is a colloid though.
2007-10-09 16:26:14 · answer #8 · answered by Nik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liquid (though thick). A liquid conforms to the container that it is placed in. A solid doesn't.
2007-10-07 12:24:00 · answer #9 · answered by MSouthers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its actually both solid and liquid...
A colloid in other word...
solid particles of bicarbonates and flourine are suspended in a very viscous liquid making it look like a solid but act the same way as a liquid
2007-10-07 12:22:52 · answer #10 · answered by arjay samia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a solid; because it's definately NOT a gas! LOL! or a liquid for that matter...
2007-10-07 12:25:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋