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Surface Tension

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(e) Liquids have a definite volume but no definite shape?

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Solution

The molecules of liquids are loosely packed, and the intermolecular force of attraction is small but a number of molecules in it remains the same. Hence liquids have a definite volume but no definite shape.

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