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What do the particles of a solid do?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Atoms undergo thermal vibrational motion while held in a lattice by covalent ionic metallic or other forces which hold them together but at the same time the thermal energy present at room temperature they vibrate on their lattice site itself

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nothing they just stay solid as they cannot move as freely as Liquid or gas particles

and they vibrate only little bit.

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Particles in a solid vibrate in place.

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