COMPARISONS AMONG SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES

COMPARISONS AMONG SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES

Property

Solids

Liquids

Gases

Density

Higher

High

Low

Dense and Volume

Fixed

Has fixed volume (fills container); no fixed shaper

Fills container; no fixed shape and volume

Solubility

Very Slow

Slower than gases

Readily

Diffusion

Very Slow

Slower than gases

Easily

Motion

Very little

Freely

Very freely

Particle arrangement

Closely packed

Not widely separated

Widely separated

Compressibility

Extremely difficult

Difficult

Easily

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