Friday, May 31, 2013

General Characteristics of Solid State

The following are the characteristic properties of the solid state:

(i) They have definite mass, volume and shape.

(ii) Intermolecular distances are short.

(iii) Intermolecular forces are strong.

(iv) Their constituent particles (atoms, molecules or ions) have fixed positions and can only oscillate about     their mean positions.

(v) They are incompressible and rigid.

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