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Are solids incompressible materials?

Solids are not completely incompressible, but they are much less compressible than liquids and gases. This means that solids can be compressed slightly under high pressure, but their volume does not change significantly compared to liquids and gases.


Sound travels slower through gases than through liquids and solids because the molecules in gases are?

farther apart, resulting in fewer collisions between molecules. This allows sound waves to move with less resistance and at a slower pace compared to the more densely packed molecules in liquids and solids.


Why do gases expand more than solid or liquids when they are heated?

Gases expand more than solids or liquids when heated because the particles in gases are more loosely packed and have more kinetic energy. This allows them to move more freely and spread out in response to an increase in temperature. Solids and liquids have particles that are more closely packed and have less freedom to move, resulting in less expansion when heated.


Why is conduction in gases slower than conduction in liquid or solids?

Conduction in gases is slower than in liquids or solids because gases have lower particle density and weaker intermolecular forces, resulting in less efficient energy transfer through collisions. In liquids and solids, particles are closer together, allowing for faster transfer of kinetic energy through direct contact.


Why radiation usually passes through gases more easily than through solids and liquids?

Radiation typically passes through gases more easily than through solids and liquids because gases have lower density and atomic/molecular structure, allowing for less interaction and scattering of radiation particles. In solids and liquids, the atoms and molecules are more closely packed together, increasing the likelihood of absorption and scattering of radiation.

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What are much less in gases than solids and liquids?

Gases have much less density compared to solids and liquids due to the larger spaces between gas particles. This makes gases easier to compress and to expand to fill a container.


Do gases always have densities less than solids and liquids?

Yes, it is true.


Are solids incompressible materials?

Solids are not completely incompressible, but they are much less compressible than liquids and gases. This means that solids can be compressed slightly under high pressure, but their volume does not change significantly compared to liquids and gases.


Why are gases heat insulator?

Because they conduct heat less efficiently than do liquids or solids.


Why are solids less effected by pressure than liquids or gases?

Solids are less changed in volume by pressure than fluids (liquids or gasses or plasmas) because the atoms or molecules in solids are more closely bound by the chemical bonds that form them. JCF


What solids made of?

Particles. Just like liquids and gases. The difference between them is that solids have tighter packed particles that are less able to move freely


Sound travels slower through gases than through liquids and solids because the molecules in gases are?

farther apart, resulting in fewer collisions between molecules. This allows sound waves to move with less resistance and at a slower pace compared to the more densely packed molecules in liquids and solids.


Why solids is not compressible why?

solid is a state in which molecules are closely packed than liquids and gases. the inter molecular distance between the molecules of solids are less or negligible.thats why the solids are not compressible


Can you compression a liquid why or why not?

Yes, you can compress gases, liquids, and solids. However, liquids and solids are MUCH less compressible than gases, and for many practical purposes you can consider them "incompressible". This means that a high pressure will only cause a very small change in volume.


The greatest kinetic energy is found in gases liquids solids colloids?

The greatest kinetic energy is found in gases because the particles in gases have the highest average kinetic energy due to their high speed and random motion. Liquids have less kinetic energy than gases, while solids and colloids have the lowest kinetic energy as their particles are more closely packed and have less freedom of movement.


Why do gases expand more than solid or liquids when they are heated?

Gases expand more than solids or liquids when heated because the particles in gases are more loosely packed and have more kinetic energy. This allows them to move more freely and spread out in response to an increase in temperature. Solids and liquids have particles that are more closely packed and have less freedom to move, resulting in less expansion when heated.


Why liquids are less common than other two states of matter on earth?

Liquids are the least common of the four states of matter due to the temperatures/conditions in which they exist. Gases exist in a very high range of temperatures, as do solids, but liquids require specific temperature ranges (generally very small ones) in order to exist.