Solids have definite mass, volume and shape with short intermolecular distances and strong intermolecular forces. Their constituent particles are fixed in position and can only oscillate, making solids incompressible and rigid.

1. General
characteristics
of
SOLIDS

2. What are solids? Or
characteristics of solids
• They have definite mass, volume and shape.
• Intermolecular distances are short.
• Intermolecular forces are strong.
• Their constituent particles (like atoms, molecules
or ions) have fixed positions and can only oscillate
about their mean positions.
• They are incompressible and rigid.

3. Solid
molecules
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