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What happens to the particles of a crystalline solid as it is heated at its melting point?
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The particles start to move randomly as the process of the liquid starts to form. So during the transformation the bond between the particles start to move. The particles begin to move randomly, and then the crystalline forms a liquid. The faster the particles move the more it transforms into a liquid.
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When heated a pure crystalline solid will?
Exhibit a sharply defined melting temperature.
When a sample of gas is heated what happens to the motion of the particles?
The motion of particles is accelerated.
What happens when an ionic compound is heated beyond its melting point?
It melts
What happens to steel when heated?
When steel is heated, its molecules vibrate more vigorously than normal, thus gaining more kinetic energy. As steel starts melting at 1450 degrees Celsius, the particles break free of the bonds that hold them in the lattice.
What happens to the particles in copper when heated by a Bunsen burner?
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What is a list of the characteristics of a crystalline solid?
when a crystalline solid such as snow is heated its melts at a destined characteristic melting point
When heated a pure crystalline solid will?
Exhibit a sharply defined melting temperature.
Differentiate between cristaline solids and amorphous solids?
Crystalline particles form a regular repeating pattern, also when a crystalline solid is heated it melts at a specific temperature. Amorphous particles are not arranged in a regular pattern, and when it is heated, it may become softerand softer or change into other substances.
What is the difference between an amorphous and crystalline solid when heated?
An amorphous solid softens over a temperature range, but a crystalline solid has a sharp melting point.
When a solid is heated its particles melt and change into a liquid?
This physical change is called melting.
How does what happens to the particles in a substance during melting differ from what happens during freezing?
When something is heated the particles inside it begin to move faster and faster and that causes the heat, when something is frozen the opposite occurs the particles inside it move slower and slower and probably stop moving all together
When a sample of gas is heated what happens to the motion of the particles?
The motion of particles is accelerated.
What happens to the particles in a liquid when they are heated?
The particles in a liguid are bonded (not as strongly as a solid which is why it flows.) when it is heated the particles vibrate and eventually the bonds break and the particles break away. This is evaporation.
What happens when an ionic compound is heated beyond its melting point?
It melts
When a solid is heated to its melting point what happens?
The intermolecular forces of attraction in the solid decreases as it is heated and the solid melts (solid converts to liquid) at its melting point.
What happens to the speed of gas when heated?
The speed of the gas particles will increase as they are heated. That is why the pressure in a container increases. The particles are hitting the walls of the container with more force as they are heated.
What happens when particles get heated?
they get excited and move around faster
