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At its freezing point a liquid changes into a solid. Explain.

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Liquid to solid conversion - This is called freezing. On decreasing temperature, the particles of liquid lose kinetic energy and move very slowly and come closer to each other than before.The forces of attraction become strong than before and the particles are held tightly.At this point, the liquid changes into solid.


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