Solids, liquids and gases. In a solid like this brick, the particles are regularly arranged touching their neighbours and move only by vibrating. This explains why solids have a fixed shape.

Does it feel like a solid, liquid, or gas? Leave the shaving cream blob out overnight ... Do you notice a difference in how the mixture feels? The cornstarch particles do not dissolve, but are ...

solids have particles fixed tightly together in rows so they can’t move. In liquids, the particles are touching but are free to move around each other like balls in a ball pool. In a gas ...

gas into solid carbon. According to researchers, the new technique uses a liquid alloy to turn CO2 into carbon particles, thus providing an alternate pathway for removing the harmful greenhouse ...

Students explore the attractions and motion of atoms and molecules as they experiment with and observe the heating and cooling of a solid, liquid, and gas.