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A fluid is a substance that continually deforms when shear force is applied to it. Which sand does. Sand can also be moved with fluid handling equipment like pumps, pipes, hoses and tanks.
It would be very difficult to "prove" sand isn't a fluid because it acts exactly like one. There are "solid" fluids like Gelatin and silly putty...it'd be easier to prove sand is a fluid than to prove it isn't one.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoif you looked at it under a microscope, you can see there are separated particles. these particles HOLD THEIR FORM
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∙ 12y agoBecause u cant
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∙ 10y agoones a liquid and ones a solid
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Because it does not fill a container
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Only liquids can be classified as fluids?
No. A fluid is a substance that continually deforms (flows) under an applied shear stress. All gases are fluids, but not all liquids are fluids. Fluids are a subset of the phases of matter and include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids.
What happens to your body fluids when you die?
Your bodily fluids go through the same decomposition process that your tissues and organs go through. Eventually the water will run off or evaporate and the solids will be recycled by saprophytes.
If substances of different densities were layered on top of each other the less dense will be on the top or bottom?
if they are all fluids than the less dense will be on the top and the most dense on the bottom but if there are solids than the solids will be in the order you put them in.
What are the three water substances?
All body fluids contain water. And most of the "solids" too.
Do Solids usually conduct heat better then liquids and gases?
Solids do conduct heat better than gases, although not necessarily better than liquids. Some solids are actually composite materials, because they can have a porous structure which contains gas within the solid, and this results in solids that do not conduct heat very well. But it is the gas component which has this insulating property.
What is the process to separate solids and fluids called?
One way to separate solids and fluids is through filtration. Pour the mixture through a filter and the solids will be trapped in the filter.
Why are both liquids and solids called fluids?
Fluids are neither solids nor liquids. Fluids are a form between solids and liquids. Fluids donot exhibit a fixed shape like solids do and also are not free flowing as liquids are. Fluids, while maintaining their total volume can flow freely upto a certain extent. Though not very accurate, a fluid behaves some what like ketchup :)
What are examples of non fluids?
solids and gases
What is a medium sound can travel through?
Fluids and solids
Why solids are not called fluids?
Because the solid can be made to flow, or move so it is called as fluids
What is the medical term meaning Solids and fluids return to the mouth from the stomach?
Regurgitation or vomiting is the return of solids and fluids from the stomach back to the mouth.
What has the author Reginald Cyril Stanley written?
Reginald Cyril Stanley has written: 'Mechanical properties of solids andfluids' -- subject(s): Analytic Mechanics 'Mechanical properties of solids and fluids' -- subject(s): Fluids, Materials, Solids
What is the difference between fluids and solids?
fluids move and are liquids, soldids are hard and and is like a dresser or something
How does heat flow in solids and fluids?
Either by conduction or convection?
What can people do to create sounds?
Anything that creates vibrations in solids and fluids.
Why does transfer of heat not take place in fluids?
Wrong, transfer of heat does take place in fluids. In fact it can take place more efficiently in fluids than in solids because convection is possible in fluids.
How fluids can be distinguished upon solid?
u can ask dr hussain h al kayiem
