Physics
Describe a simple experiment to illustrate the existence of inter-molecular spacing.
Matter
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Experiment :
Take 100 ml of water in a measuring cylinder. Add 20 gram of salt in water gently and stir it well so as to dissolve the salt well in water. It is noticed that the level of water does not change as it can be seen from below figure. It shows that the particles of salt have occupied the spaces between the particles of water.

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