Can someone answer this? Compare the motion and spacing of particles as a material cools from a gas to a liquid and then to a solid phase.
2007-11-13 15:11:30 · 5 answers · asked by lovetoread72 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
In a gas, particles are spread out and are rapidly moving. As gas turns into a liquid, the particles move closer together. When a liquid turns into a solid, the paritcles bunch together.
2007-11-13 16:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by smr44858 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple as I can make it:
It's all about the motion. (Kinetic energy or heat).
It's fastest in gas, slower in liquid,
reduced to vibrations in the solid.
In the Gas the particles move fast enough that
the forces holding them together are completely overcome.
Unconfined, the fly apart indefinitly.
In the Liquid, the forces keep the particles together,
but can't bind them into any ordered shape.
In the Solid, the forces bind the paticle to a
particular place with regard to it's neighbors.
It can only vibrate about in its palce.
2007-11-13 18:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as gas cools and becomes liquid, particles move slower and come closer to each other . but as liquids become solid, particles merely move and are very close to each other
2007-11-13 19:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Robert Angelo V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gas particles move faster and have much space around them.
Liquid particles move freely around but are packed much tighter. They form the shape of their container.
Solid particles don't move around (if I'm not mistaken) and are packed tightly. They have a definite shape.
Don't ask me how I know this stuff.
2007-11-13 15:19:56 · answer #4 · answered by Ənigma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gas particles are not close together and liquid particles are
2007-11-13 15:17:18 · answer #5 · answered by kaseyolodi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋