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Distinguish between the three states of matter — solid, liquid and gas on the basis of their molecular models.

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S. No.	Properties	Solid	Liquid	Gas
1.	Mass	Definite	Definite	Definite
2.	Shape	Definite	Acquires the shape of the container	Acquires the shape of the container
3.	Volume	Definite	Definite	Indefinite, acquires the volume available
4.	Compressibility	Not compressible	Negligibly compressible	Highly compressible
5.	Fluidity	Not possible	Can flow	Can flow
6.	Rigidity	Highly rigid	Less rigid	Not rigid
7.	Diffusion	Slow	Fast	Very fast
8.	Number of free surfaces	Any number of free surfaces	Only one free surface	None
9.	Packing of molecules	Very closely packed	Less closely packed	Least closely packed
10.	Inter-molecular forces	Strongest	Slightly weaker than in solids	Negligible
11.	Expansion on heating	Low	More than solids	More than liquids
12.	Motion of constituent molecules	Only vibrate on either side of their mean positions	Move in all directions but within the boundary of the liquid	Move in a random manner in all space available
13.	Pressure	Only at base downwards	At all points in all directions inside the boundary of the liquid	On the walls of the container
14.	Viscosity	No	More viscous	Least viscous
15.	Surface Tension	No	Due to cohesive force tends to occupy minimum surface area	No

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