why can a liquid change to take the shape of its container but not expand to fill the container itself?

Physics

2 answers:

Alex73 [517]3 years ago

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Answer:

Particles of the liquid flow which allows it to take the shape of the container but it can't expand to fill it because its volume always stays the same.

Explanation:

Liquid is a state of the matter that posses an specific volume but don't have a particular shape. The particles in a liquid have space between them and they are not in a fix position which allows them to flow and take the shape of the container and as there is attraction between the particles it maintains its the volume constant which doesn't allow the liquid to expand to fill the container.

Hitman42 [59]3 years ago

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Because the atoms can't move freely enough in order to move away from the others. The don't have enough energy to be a gas

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