chemistry

PHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION OF MATTER

Properties			Solid			Liquid			Gas
1. volume			Definite			Definite			Indefinite
2.	Shape		Definite			Indefinite			Indefinite
3.	Inter  molecular		Very high			Moderate			Negligible  /		Very
force of attraction									low
4.	arrangement	of	Orderly arranged			Free	to	move	Free to move every

molecules						within the volume			Where
5.	Inter  molecular		Very small			Slightly greater			Very great
space
7.	Compressibility		Not compressible			Not compressible			Highly
									compressible
8.	Expansion	on	Very little			Very little			Highly expand
heating
9.	Rigidity		Very rigid			Not	rigid  knownas		Not	rigid	and
						fluid			known as fluid
9.	Fluidity		Can’t flow			Can flow			Can flow
10. Diffusion			They	can	diffuse	Can	diffuse	And	Can	diffuse	And
			due	to	kinetic	rate	of diffusion is		rate	of diffusion is
			energy		of	very fast			very fast
			liquid/gases