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Can a solid be less dense than a liquid?
Yes, there are many. For example, anything that floats on water is less dense than liquid water. A number of solids are less dense than liquids. The most common example is ice. Ice (frozen water) is less dense than its liquid counterpart for some very specific reasons. Many other solids are less dense than liquids, as well. Using water as the liquid, you'll find that cork, wood (most kinds) and styrofoam will all float on it. As the liquid becomes more dense, the range of items that will float on it increases. Mercury, for example, is a liquid metal at room temperature. Because it is so dense, many things will float on it. Lead is one example of something that will float on liquid mercury. For a question about substances that are less dense in their solid form than those same substances in their liquid form, use the link below to the related question.
Why is the range of densities much greater among the nonmetals than among the metals?
Nonmetals contain about equal numbers of solid and gas or liquid elements. The subatomic particles that make up gases and liquids are more spread out and less compact than in solids. Therefore, gases and liquids are less dense than solids. Because nonmetals contain about equal numbers of solid and gas or liquid elements, they have a greater density range than the predominantly solid metals.
What material does sound travel the fastest?
Sound travels the fastest in solids. Solids being the most denser make sound travel fastest as compared to liquids and gases which have speed of sound relatively less than solids.
Why are solids and liquids condensed materials?
They are condensed materials because that's what makes them what they are. The more condensed a substance is the less it can flow. Gases are the least condensed, so they flow the easiest, followed by fluids, then solids.
Are gas particles packed close together?
No, they are spread out. Gases are less dense than solids and liquids, which is caused by the particles being spread out.
What is always less dense than solids?
Gases are less dense than solids.
Are solids Less dense than liquids?
Not necessarily. The density of a substance depends on its mass and volume, so it can vary for both solids and liquids. In general, solids are denser than liquids because the particles in solids are typically more closely packed together.
Do gases always have densities less than solids and liquids?
Yes, it is true.
Is gas dense?
Gas is not dense, solids should be dense, liquids are dense, but not as much as solids.
Are solids dense and incompressible?
Solids are typically dense, meaning they have a high mass per unit volume. They are not completely incompressible, but they are much less compressible than liquids and gases due to the strong intermolecular forces holding their particles in place.
Which is less dense liquids or solids?
Matter being liquid or solid has nothing to do with density. These are states of matter. Ice floats on water.
How are solids and liquid different?
solids hold their shape but liquids take the shape of the container there in
Why is gas denser than liquids and solids?
Gas isn't denser than liquids and solids. It's the other way around. And THIS is because the atoms in liquids and solids are closer together and there is less space to move around. In solid objects, the atoms are so close and compacted they don't move. in liquids, the atoms are a little bit farther apart. in gases, they are very spread out, making the amount of atoms LESS dense than the solids.
What is the order from slowest to fastest of increasing speed of light waves passing through solidsliquidsand gas?
Please note that there are individual differences, between different liquids, or between different solids. But as a rough guideline, you can expect light to be fastest in the materials that are less dense - and also as a rough guideline, solids are often more dense than liquids, and liquids are almost always more dense than gases. However, there is a lot of overlap between solids and liquids - check the Wikipedia article "List of refractive indices" for some examples.
What phenomenon allows objects or liquids that are less dense to float in liquids that are more dense?
If an object or liquid is is less dense than the liquid in which it floats, that's the reason why it floats, because whatever is less dense floats. If you meant to ask why something MORE dense can float in something LESS dense, one answer is surface tension.
Why gases are less dense than solids and liquids?
Basically, it concerns the particulate nature of matter. Solid/liquid has more molecules per unit of volume than gas and hence the mass of the gas is less than that of a solid/liquid when their volumes are the same. With reference to the equation D=M/V, the density of the gas is less dense than solid/liquid. Hope this helps. :)
What is the different between sedimentation and flotation?
Sedimentation is the measure of the (simple)movement of solids ,or the time (rate) of movement of undisolved material (solids) , in a column of water or other fluid ( as in sedimentation rate). Flotation is a quality of matter that is less dense than the fluid on which it is suspended . Both solids and liquids float, with liquids forming patches or layers atop the more dense sustrate.
