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It has a fixed mass and volume, but not shape.

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It has a definite volume but not a definite shape
It has a definite volume but not a definite shape

Boils at 100'c and freezes at exactly 0'c or 273K.

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Constant total volume but freely variable shape.

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A liquid fills up the container to the shape of the container. The particles in a liquid are close together but can still move past one another.

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What are the four characteristic properties of matter?

Liquid ,gas, solid, platinum


Is freezing a characteristic property?

Yes! Freezing (when a substance becomes solid) and melting points (when a substance becomes liquid) are characteristic properties.


What characteristic properties would you use to identify a liquid?

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What is the difference between a characteristic property and non-characteristic property?

PHYSICAL (smell, color, texture, size, etc)--NON CHARACTERISTIC GENERAL (general stuff about the substance all together)-CHARACTERISTIC Characteristic properties help us identify pure substances or the group it belongs to. Non-characteristic properties cannot help us identify pure substances or the group it belongs to.


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What does fractional distillation have to do with characteristic properties?

The answer is,Fractional distillation is based upon the boiling points of the liquid so that we can identify the liquid when there is a plateau on the graph (when the temperature is the same or close together).


How are the characteristic properties of a piece of ice are different from its other properties?

The other properties of ice are water a liquid state and water vapor a gas state. So from what I've just said I think you can figure the rest out.


Do characteristic properties change?

No, they are not


What are the 5 characteristic properties of matter?

5 characteristic properties of matter are colour, density, hardness, softness, and flammability.


Does the boiling point of a liquid depend on the amount of the liquid and is it a characteristic property?

It doesn't matter how much of the liquid you have and it is a characteristic property.


Is Boiling point and Melting point considered characteristic properties of matter?

Melting and boiling points are characteristic properties of matter.


How are characteristic properties of given substance different from its other properties and chemical properties?

A substance's characteristic properties are the most recognizable properties of that substance. Chemical properties are exhibited as one substance is chemically transformed into another (e.g., iron rusting).