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Yes, but only relative to liquid and gases.

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because of they werent it would be a gas or liquid. that's probably not the answer u were looking for but hey. its an answer

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the atoms are very close to one another and that of liquid are far and of air are too far

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due to high inter molecular attractions,they are touching with inter molecular spaces

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If we could experience the world at the smallest scales, we would see that what we think of as solid matter is much more space than it is mass.

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yes the particles are very close together

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Yes, it is true.

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What happens when particles in a solid are packed so close together?

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