What do all solids have what in common?

Answer 1

(Edit (7:53pm) to add paragraph on how to break bonds.)

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In layman's terms the property that most solids share is the fact that the atoms/ or molecules within them are held together strongly by intermolecular forces, causing the atoms/ molecules to be detained and relatively unable of movement (until an external stimuli such as heat is added).

The strongest form of bond is a covalent bond as it involves the use of one (or possibly more, but that's more advanced) electron by two atoms. This causes the bond between the two atoms to be quite strong. Any external stimuli (such as heat) that is applied to this bond will have to contain a lot of energy to split the strong bond.

The most effective intermolecular forces that hold the solids together (in most cases) are covalent bonds, as these forms of bonding usually contain strong bonds between the atom/ molecules, due to their need to share electrons. Solids containing covalent bonds are therefore stronger and consequently have higher melting/ boiling points as it will take more energy to brake the bond.

Other, and potentially weaker, forms of bonding include lattices, ionic bonding, dispersion forces, and covalent hydrogen bonding, just for example.

I am a year 11 chemistry student, and am going by memory here, so hopefully this is a thorough enough explanation for you.

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Answer 2

All solids have their state in common. They can either be melted into a liquid or evaporated into a gas state.

Answer 3

The solids glass, wax and clay have in common that they all can melt. They are also made up of fine particles.

Answer 4

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