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Can eletricity travel through solids and liquids and gases?

Yes, electricity can travel through solids and liquids as they contain charged particles that can conduct electricity. However, gases are poor conductors of electricity as they have fewer free-moving charged particles than solids and liquids.


Why are solids, liquids, and gases considered matter?

Solids, liquids, and gases are considered matter because they have mass and occupy space. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, and solids, liquids, and gases all meet these criteria.


Does radiation travel through solids liquids or gases?

Radiation can travel through solids, liquids, and gases. The extent to which radiation penetrates these materials depends on factors such as the type of radiation, the energy level, and the density of the material.


Why do solids heat up faster than liquids or gases?

Since most of the time we are concerned with heat being transferred via conduction, the denser the material, the easier it is to conduct heat. Except for the rare anomaly (think ice vs liquid water) solids are denser than their corresponding liquid forms. All that is a gross simplification of course. Many liquids heat quite a bit better than solids and convection (which can occur in liquids but not solids) can greatly aid in the speed of "heating up", so the generalization that solids heat up faster than liquids is only a tendency rather than a rule.


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.

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Do Solids usually conduct heat better then liquids and gases?

Solids do conduct heat better than gases, although not necessarily better than liquids. Some solids are actually composite materials, because they can have a porous structure which contains gas within the solid, and this results in solids that do not conduct heat very well. But it is the gas component which has this insulating property.


Why do you deal electronics only with solids not with liquids and gases?

because liquids and gasses don't conduct electricity


Why are gases heat insulator?

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


Can eletricity travel through solids and liquids and gases?

Yes, electricity can travel through solids and liquids as they contain charged particles that can conduct electricity. However, gases are poor conductors of electricity as they have fewer free-moving charged particles than solids and liquids.


Are solids better conductors than liquids and gases?

particle density


All solids liquids and gases are?

some solids,liquids and gases are dangers some are not dangers


What type of compounds can exist as liquids solids or gases?

Ionic compounds conduct electricity as liquids and in solution.


What item has a fixed volume solids liquids or gases?

solids and liquids


What makes up solids liquids and gases?

Molecules - They are more tightly packed in solids than liquids and gases


How does the kinetic of solids liquids and gases compare?

The kinetic energy is lowest in solids, higher in liquids, and highest in gases.


What are not like gases?

Solids and liquids are not like gases.


Why are solids, liquids, and gases considered matter?

Solids, liquids, and gases are considered matter because they have mass and occupy space. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, and solids, liquids, and gases all meet these criteria.