Liquid particles are more energetic than solid particles and can move around but only within a certain distance from other particles. Because particles are further apart in a liquid, the volume of a substance in its liquid phase is greater than its volume in a solid phase.
Explanation:
- Liquid particles are more energetic than solid particles and can move around but only within a certain distance from other particles. Because particles are further apart in a liquid, the volume of a substance in its liquid phase is greater than its volume in a solid phase.
- Materials have a solid, liquid and gas form. Each of these forms is known as a phase of matter. In each of its phases, the particles of a substance behave very differently. A substance can change from one phase to another through what is known as a phase transition. These phase transitions are mainly the result of temperature changes.
