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Why unlike gases liquids and solids can not be compressed easily?
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Intermolecular forces in gases are lower.
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Unlike solids and liquids a gas will?
Unlike solids and liquids, a gas will expand to fill the space available to it.
Unlike other kinds of liquids volatile liguids?
Unlike other kinds of liquid, volatile liquids vaporize easily. Generally, liquids that evaporate at room temperature or lower are considered volatile liquids.
Why is it possible to compress a gas but not solid?
the molecules in the gas are mobile and they can move freely so can be compressed Liquids and solids, like anything else, can be compressed. The change in volume even at huge pressure is very small, but the extent of compressibility is not an element of this question
Why do solids and liquids behave differently?
Unlike the particles that make up solids and liquids, gas particles have a large amount of empty space between them. The space that gas particles occupy is the gas's volume, which can change because of temperature and pressure.
What are the three properties of liquid?
The basic properties of any liquid are that it has a definite volume, it takes the shape of its container, it is not compressible and its elements and molecules are not in fixed positions. Liquids, in general, show expansion when they are heated. Liquids also, in general, will contract when they are cooled. Unlike solids, two liquids will mix together and diffuse into each other to make a new type of liquid. A liquid will turn into a gas or a solid, depending upon the forces exerted on it. A liquid heated to a high enough temperature will vaporize and turn into a gas. A liquid cooled far enough will solidify.
Unlike solids and liquids a gas will?
Unlike solids and liquids, a gas will expand to fill the space available to it.
Why gases are compressible?
Gases are compressible because their molecules bounce off of each other instead of sticking together. The molecules of solids and liquids stick together instead of moving freely.
What are some examples of how gases are different from liquids and solids?
I can only tell you that gases are does not have a difinite shape and volume . E.g air / nitrogen / carbon dioxide / water vapour / . . .
How are gasses and liquids similar in shape and volume?
ANSWER unlike solids, both liquids and gases can change their shape to fit the container in which they are held. however, gases can also change volume unlike liquids.
Why are liquids sometimes more practical to use in a hydraulic system than gases?
Because liquids cannot be easily compressed into a smaller space.
Takes the shape of the container but not the size?
Gases do not have a definite volume, which means that they can be expanded and compressed, depending on the pressure the gas is under. Gases also do not have a definite shape, so they take the shape of whatever container they are in. Unlike gases, liquids do have a definite volume because they are not easily compressed. However, like gases, liquids take the shape of their container, too. Solids have definite volume and definite shape.
Why do fluids liquids and gases flow?
because, unlike solids, they can't sustain shearing stress
Why does a liquid expand to fill the container completely?
Liquids expand because their molecular structure allows them to move. Unlike solids, liquids are not constrained to one shape. That is why they can expand.
Unlike other kinds of liquids volatile liguids?
Unlike other kinds of liquid, volatile liquids vaporize easily. Generally, liquids that evaporate at room temperature or lower are considered volatile liquids.
Why do liquids and solids expand with temperature and not compressible like a gas?
Most solids and liquids expand with temperature (ice is an exception - it contracts with increased temperature) because there is more energy in the particles, and therefore they move faster and take up more space. They are not compressible, however, because the particles in solids and liquids are touching each other, and so have a specific volume, unlike gases.
What properties do gases have that liquids dont?
In a solid. There are a WHOLE lot of particles. They are all tightly connected and the only way to separate them is by using a lot of force. In a liquid, the particles are connected but can move around freely. They still have to connect to the other particles, but the bond is weaker and very easily broken. In a gas, the particles are NOT connected and can move around freely. They do not have to be connected, unlike solids and liquids; and they can move, unlike solids.
How do expansions of a solid compare to a liquid?
Very well, actually. Solids and liquids do not expand or compress very well at all. Whereas gases do. This is why we can use pistons and hydraulics, since liquids and solids do not compress much at all under pressure, unlike a gas. Essentially, they are extremely similar in this respect.
