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liquidState of matter between a solid and a gas. A liquid forms a level surface and assumes the shape of its container. The way that liquids behave can be explained by the kinetic theory of matter. Its atoms do not occupy fixed positions as in a crystalline solid, nor do they have total freedom of movement as in a gas. Unlike a gas, a liquid is difficult to compress, and pressure applied at one point is equally transmitted throughout (Pascal's principle). Hydraulics makes use of this property. |
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| Liquid nitrogen is injected into a highly insulated chamber in which molded rubber parts are tumbled and blasted. When kept at sub-zero temperatures, the liquid nitrogen stored at the bottom of each cryovat turns into a frigid vapor. amp;nbsp; Such a trust is set up to last hundreds of years—perhaps indefinitely—to benefit a dead person who has been frozen in liquid nitrogen using a process called cryonics. |
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