What determine the state of a substance whether it is silid ,liquid, gas??
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A substance can be distinguished as Solid, Liquid, Gas by observing the arrangement of atoms. In a solid, The atoms are bind together very closely and look like a tight package. In a liquid, The atoms are at distances from each other and comparatively less tightly packed than solid. In gas, The atoms are very father and don't experience any force on them. That's why gases diffuse easily.
Answer:
Arrangement or the structure of the atoms.
Also, the amount of energy in molecules of matter determines the state of matter.
Explanation:
Considering the basic classification of matters, i.e soild, liquid and gas, we see that in soilds the atoms are tightly packed, in liquids it loosely packed whereas in gaseous state the atoms aren't bound to each other at all... they move freely froming molecules or compounds. Hence here we see how the arrangement of atoms defines the nature of substance.
Secondly, the amount of energy possed by atoms or molecules also determines the nature of the substance. For example, ice melts when heat energy causes the molecules to move faster, loosening the intermolecular force of attraction between molecules to form liquid water. Then this water, when heated more, turns into gas (steam) as the molecules convert the heat energy into kinetic energy and completely break through the intermolecular force of attraction and scatter away...
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