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Why do particles in a solid eventually break away from their fixed positions when the solid is heated?
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They begin to move around from place to place. We say the solid melts.
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What happens when solides are heated?
When a solid is heated the particles vibrate more and they break free of the mold they are in. This makes the solid a liquid. if you continue to heat it, the vibrations will get stronger and the particles will start to evaporate. When the particles evaporate, then it would be a gas.
What happens to the particles in ice when they are heated up on a Bunsen burner?
They move faster and faster. Eventually they will move fast enough to break free of their place in the lattice and the ice melts.
What happens to the particles in an ice cube when the ice cube is heated up on a Bunsen burner?
They move faster and faster. Eventually they move fast enough that they break free of their place in the lattice and the ice melts.
What happens to particles of matter as they change from a solid to a liquid?
It changes shape.
On beating a carpet why do the dust particles come out?
Because when you shake it the particles break free of the threads!
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 two things happen to particles in a substance when the substance is heated?
molecular break down and gasification.
What happens to the particles in a liquid when it is heated?
They begin to vibrate more quickly when a liquid is heated, it will evaporate. ie. the liquid will turn to vapour (gas). if the vapour i s collected, it will turn back to the liquid again once it is cooled (condensation) muck love, kate
Are the particles in a solid linked?
Yes, they have tiny bonds that when the substance is heated break and the substance forms a liquid.
What happens to objects when it melts?
the particles in the solid vibrate so fast that they break free from their fixed positions
What happens at the particle level as a given volume of air is warmed?
the particles, as they are heated start to vibrate faster giving the particles of air to heat up. the more heat put into the the volume of air the faster the particles will vibrate. The more they vibrate the more pressure the particles create by their fast vibrations. Because the particles vibrate so fast they will hit the edge of the volume container making so much pressure eventually they will break the container and go free in the air.
What happens when solides are heated?
When a solid is heated the particles vibrate more and they break free of the mold they are in. This makes the solid a liquid. if you continue to heat it, the vibrations will get stronger and the particles will start to evaporate. When the particles evaporate, then it would be a gas.
What happens to the particles of a solid it becomes a liquid?
The molecules in the individual solid particles break free of their regular rigid framework by vibrating more energetically. Eventually the particles of the solid lose their shape and fuse together as a pool of liquid.
What happens to the particles in ice when they are heated up on a Bunsen burner?
They move faster and faster. Eventually they will move fast enough to break free of their place in the lattice and the ice melts.
Define melting and melting processes?
Well, sold particles are tightly packed together with bonds connecting them to each other. They are always vibrating, when they are heated the particles start vibrating a lot more until some of the bonds break and the particles have more space to move. This is when they turn into a liquid.
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 happen to the particles that make up water as the water is heated?
As particles are heated they will start to vibrate. The vibrations will increase as temperature increases. As the water temperature increases the particles continue to gain vibrational energy until eventually they all have enough energy to leave the water phase and vaporize. Then the temperature change halts as all the particles have the energy to break apart the inter-molecular forces holding the water molecules together (Hydrogen bonding). Even though there is a heat source, the temperature of the water stays the same as the heat, latent heat of vaporization, is used to break the molecules away from each other to form a gas. The gas can be heated into super heated steam but the liquid phase will stay at 100oC, or there abouts depending on the atmospheric pressure, until all of the liquid is vaporized. The same phase change occurs when ice warms. There is a halt in temperature change due to the latent heat of fusion as some of the inter-molecular bonds forming the solid are broken and the liquid is formed.
