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The distinction between states (that is solids, liquids and gases) is based on differences in molecular interelationships

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What is the smallest particle of matter that can retain chemical properties?

This is the definition of a molecule.


What is the diagram particle to show the arrangement of atoms in a solid magnesium oxide.?

[well you would show the 2 diffrent particle (oxygen and magnesium) with 1 magnesium particle and 2 oxygen ones attached to it . this is known as MgO2] i believe it is MgO as the electron number is too big to support 2 molecules of oxygen


What happens to particle size when a substance undergoes physical change?

In general, the particle size remains the same during a physical change. The arrangement or organization of the particles may change, but the individual particles themselves do not break down or change in size.


How can a particle of matter be massless if the definition of matter is Anything that has mass and takes up space?

By definition a massless particle has no rest mass therefore it can not take up any spacial volume. I think the confusion lies with calling something that is massless, a particle. This is because as soon as we hear particle we think "object" and objects have definite mass and volume. A photon is massless and sometimes people may refer to it as a particle of light. But in fact that is sort of a misnomer being that it really isn't a particle, though it has particle-like properties. If something is massless theorists have said that the object does not interact with the Higgs field, though gravitational effects are still felt by the photon, example: gravitational lensing.


Smallest particle of a compound that still retains it's properties?

The molecule is the smallest particle of a compound that retains its chemical properties. A molecule consists of two or more atoms bonded together. Each molecule has a unique set of properties determined by the types of atoms present and their arrangement.