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How can solids diffuse?

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I'm not quite sure liquids diffuse.

but gases do an example would be if something was burning in your house you would be able to smell it up the street.

The particles move from a high to a low concentration. In other words move from a place where there are lots of the particles to a place where there isn't many of the particles to almost even it out.

The particles have lots of space between them to move around. Bumping into each other they create kinetic energy. This means they are able to move around.

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liquids diffuse at a certain temperature or a point in which all has evaporated. depends though, on what liquid.

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* Gases diffuse. * Liquid diffuse.

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u a hoe dumb mf

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solid diffuse in liquids by melting

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liquid diffusing through liquid

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sublimation

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Do liquids and solids diffuse easily?

Liquids do, but solids do not.


How long does it take for solids to diffuse?

In your stomach 10 min


What describes the properties of solids liquids and gases in terms of the motion of particles?

Solid - Particles vibrate and rotate about a fixed position and do not diffuse measurably Liquid - Particles move freely in all directions slowly and diffuse slowly Gas - Particles move freely in all directions rapidly and diffuse rapidly


Why do solids not undergo diffusion?

Solids don't diffuse easily because they are so tightly packed together. Remember your 2nd grade teacher's drawings of molecules? Solids are very very tightly packed together, liquids have slowly moving molecules, and gasses have free flowing speedy molecules. It also is true that solids don't really conduct electricity well because they can't conduct an electric current. Once it is in water, a solid (like salt) will have its molecules broken apart from the attraction of the water molecules. That solution now carries free flowing ions that can now carry an electric current. All in all, the tightly packed molecules are extremely strong and tightly packed together which makes it almost impossible to do anything, including diffuse. Solids also have a higher boiling apart because SOLIDS ARE VERY STRONG and so are their bonds are too. It takes more energy to break them apart.


Why does a white ring form when ammonia and hydrochloric acid diffuse?

Both ammonia and hydrochloric acid are colorless gases at standard temperature and pressure, but they are capable of reacting with each other to produce ammonium chloride, which is a white solid at standard temperature and pressure. Colorless gases are invisible to human eyes, but white solids are not. When the two gases diffuse toward one another, they form finely divided white solids that remain visible for a while as a white ring in the diffusion interface.

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Why do solids diffuse?

solids can diffuse but not in an easy way because they are to tightly packed together


Do liquids and solids diffuse easily?

Liquids do, but solids do not.


Can solid diffuse into solids?

no


Do solids and liquids diffuse at the same rate?

No. The particles in the solids have different mass as the particles in the liqiuds, so they diffuse at the different rate. but if their particles have the same rate, they will diffuse at the same rate.


How long does it take for solids to diffuse?

In your stomach 10 min


What is diffusion in liquid and in gas?

Gases the most, then liquids. Solids generally don't diffuse.


Why liquid diffuse faster than solids?

Because molecules in a liquid are not bound the way they are in solids and they can move freely so diffusion happens faster too.


What two properties does a solid compound will not have?

1-solids do not flow.2- they do not diffuse.


What describes the properties of solids liquids and gases in terms of the motion of particles?

Solid - Particles vibrate and rotate about a fixed position and do not diffuse measurably Liquid - Particles move freely in all directions slowly and diffuse slowly Gas - Particles move freely in all directions rapidly and diffuse rapidly


Why do gases duffuse quickly but most solids do not?

Its down to the molecules in the substance, in gases they are not that close to each other so they can move around quicker and faster so hence diffuse quicker in solids or most they are that tight they can not move are as easily.


Do gas diffuse?

by cooling


Why liquids diffuse much faster than solid?

The intermolecular force of attraction between the particles of solid is greater than liquid and due to this minimum space is found between the particles of solid. That's why liquids diffuse much faster than solids.