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Why solids are hard? Why volume of solid is definite?

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1.Any matter that is a solid has a definite shape and a definite volume.

3.The molecules in a solid are in fixed positions and are close together.

3.Although the molecules can still vibrate, they cannot move from one part of the solid to another part. As a result, a solid does not easily change its shape or its volume.

Isolated hydrogen atom can absorb any of the following quanta of energy, given by the equation

Energy absorbed =13.6×(11n2) e.v. ; where n can take whole number values from 1 to infinity.


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