Solution: The properties of gases, liquids, and solids
Chapter 11, Problem 11.111(choose chapter or problem)
The properties of gases, liquids, and solids differ in a number of respects. How would you use the kinetic molecular theory (see Section 5.7) to explain the following observations? (a) Ease of compressibility decreases from gas to liquid to solid. (b) Solids retain a definite shape, but gases and liquids do not. (c) For most substances, the volume of a given amount of material increases as it changes from solid to liquid to gas
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