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by cayley on February 24th, 2009

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Are the particles of a solid, a liquid, and a gas different sizes?

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  • by GraduateStudent on February 24th, 2009

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    As long as we are talking about a particular molecule then YES! A molecule of water is the same size no matter what phase. A molecule of anything is the same size no matter the phase. It's not the molecules that change it is the way they interact and the energy they have mostly. There are certain changes inside molecules based on their environment. For instance, the Jahn-Teller effect. However, I am assuming you are wanting to know if the reason that we have solids, liquids, gases is because the molecules change sizes and that is incorrect.

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