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Why solid and liquid have high densities while gas have low densities?
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∙ 11y ago
For most substances, the solid phase is more dense than the liquid and gas phases. The liquid phase is less dense than the solid phase but more dense than the gas phase, and the gas phase is less dense than either the solid or liquid phases. Water is an exception. Its solid phase (ice) is less dense than the liquid phase.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoDensity is basically the amount of "stuff" in a certain volume. Of the three, solids have the highest density.
The main difference between solid, liquid and gas is that molecules of the first two are maintained in close proximity (enough to be denser than a gas, whose molecules are free and about). This is because of intermolecular bonds and interactions which "glue" molecules together, even if weakly. There is no such thing in gas, and especially since gas molecules are further apart, any force wouldn't be strong enough, because their strength is inversely proportional to the distance squared, which means that the further the molecules are from eachother, the much weaker the interactive force becomes.
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∙ 13y agobecause solid's particles are tightly packed together while gases particles have a large amount of space in between them.
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