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Most liquids will contract when freezing as the molecules gather together to form a more closely packed lattice.
Water however expands on freezing. Burst pipes in winter are caused by the expansion which occurs when water freezes. Then when it thaws all the water spurts out. Water molecules have a very strong attractive force towards each other, which gives water its high surface tension and capillary forces. When it freezes, and forms a solid lattice, these forces dissipate and the ice takes up a larger area than the liquid it was formed from.
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What phase of matter has a definite size and volume but not a definite shape?
Solids are the only phase of matter which have a fixed shape and volume.
Which of these has no definite volume gas liquid matter solid?
Gas has no definite volume because its particles are spread out and can expand to fill any container they are placed in. The other states of matter - solid, liquid, and plasma - have a definite volume.
How can you tell one state of matter from another?
solid melts to liquid and liquid boils to solid
What type of Matter that has definite shape but no definite volume?
The type of matter that has a definite shape but no definite volume is a solid. Solids have a fixed shape because their particles are closely packed together, but they can change volume slightly in response to temperature and pressure changes.
Which has the greatest volume liquid gas or solid?
Liquid has the greatest volume compared to gas or solid under normal conditions. This is because liquid particles are more closely packed together than gas particles, but less packed than solid particles, giving liquid a larger volume than both gas and solid.
Which matter has a definite volume?
A solid or a liquid.
What state of matter is characterized by having a definite shape and a definite volume?
The state of matter is actually to states of matter. Solid and liquid are the states of matter that have a volume,(liquid) and shape(solid).
What matter can be?
Anything that has mass and volume is matter.
Matter that has a definite volume and definite shape is a?
The solid phase of matter has a definite volume and shape. Gas form has neither volume, nor shape, and liquid form has volume, but conforms to the shape of the container it is put in.
What phase of matter has a definite size and volume but not a definite shape?
Solids are the only phase of matter which have a fixed shape and volume.
In what phrases of matter do substance have a fixed volume?
Solid & liquid.
Which of these has no definite volume gas liquid matter solid?
Gas has no definite volume because its particles are spread out and can expand to fill any container they are placed in. The other states of matter - solid, liquid, and plasma - have a definite volume.
How can you tell one state of matter from another?
solid melts to liquid and liquid boils to solid
What substance has a larger volume as a solid then as a liquid?
Water increases in volume as water expends on freezing.
What type of Matter that has definite shape but no definite volume?
The type of matter that has a definite shape but no definite volume is a solid. Solids have a fixed shape because their particles are closely packed together, but they can change volume slightly in response to temperature and pressure changes.
What Are The 4 basic states of matter?
Solid Liquid Gas volume
What is matter and volume?
Matter is liquid, solid or gases. -liquid can be chemical or water. -solid can be stone, glass or plastic or whatever which is not liquid and gaseous -gas is commonly said as air Volume is h x b x l.
