Question

Compare in tabular form , the properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases with respect to :

Volume

Answer 1

If we just want to differentiate solid, liquid and gas on basis of volumes than, solid and liquid has fixed volumes while volumes of gases are not fixed. The all other properties of solid , liquid and gases in tabular form is given below:

Property	Solids	Liquids	Gases
Shape	fixed shape	not fixed	not fixed
Volume	fixed volume	fixed	not fixed
Space between the particles	very small	larger than solids	largest
Attraction between particles	very large	smaller than solids	smallest
compressibility	very low compressibility	low compressibility	High compressibility
Diffusion	Low	Higher than solids	Highest
Rigidity	Solids are very rigid	Liquids are comparatively less rigid than solids	Gases are not rigid