A substance 'X' was highly compressible and could be easily liquified. It could also take up the shape of any container. Predict the nature of the substance. Enlist four properties of this state of matter.

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The substance 'X' appears to be a gas since the characteristics (highly compressible and could be easily liquified and It could also take up the shape of any container) shown by it resemble those of the gaseous state.
Four properties of gaseous state of matter are as follows-
1. Gases do not have fixed shape.
2. Gases have maximum fluidity and least rigidity.
3. Gases do not have fixed volume and are highly compressible.
4. Gases are generally very light.

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