Solid
* All solids expand on heating, especially metals.
* All solids have a definite crystal structure
  - an orderly pattern of atoms, which is repeated again and again
  - some elasticity
  - their state in common
  - interact with their surroundings through the outermost atomic layers
  - transmit heat energy by conduction, some much better than others
* Many solids are crystalline, repeating arrays of atoms
  - can catch fire and burn
  - do have a regular or repetitive pattern, however, like salt, sugar, or diamond
  - have a crystalline structure on microscopic scales
  - react readily with reactive gases such as chlorine , iodine , oxygen or others
* Most solids are even harder to compress
  - made up of tiny crystals
* Most solids are more dense than their liquid states
  - soluble in water at higher temperatures
  - rather incompressible
  - very difficult to compress while gases are easier
* Most solids expand when heated
  - their temperature rises
  - have some sort of short range order among the atoms
* Some solids are so plastic they are almost liquids.
* Some solids are very poor conductors of electrons
  - soluble in water, while others are nearly completely insoluble
* Some solids can also exhibit fluid behavior over time
  - become liquids when heated
  - crystallize into a lattice structure with metallic characteristics
  - float and form a scum mat on top of the water
  - go directly from solid to gas in a process called sublimation
  - have a strong affinity for specific materials
  - look similar but can be distinguished because of their densities
* also tend to be strong enough to hold their own shape in a container.
* always exert pressure downwards.
* are a food source for the bacteria and the byproduct of digestion is methane gas
  - state of matter that are usually highly ordered
  - also prone to explosive decomposition if ground, for example with pestle and mortar
  - as common in the real world as liquids and gases
  - atoms and molecules jammed closely together
  - bands
  - better conductor than liquids and liquids are better conductor than gases
  - capable of melts
  - classified based on their structure into crystals and amorphous solids
  - composed of atoms held together by attractive or cohesive forces
  - difficult to compress because the particles are very close together
  - elastic when small stresses are applied
  - generally denser than liquids
  - in a state of matter that maintains a fixed volume and shape
  - inherently three-dimensional structures
  - low and sugars are high
* are materials that have a built-in resistance to changing shape, whereas liquids can flow
  - with a definite volume and shape
  - nearly incompressible
  - non-compressible and have constant volume and constant shape
  - objects that have a definite shape and definite volume
  - of various types
* are often crystalline
  - recalcitrant about mixing well
  - one state of matter
  - packed together tighter than liquids and gases, hence sound travels fastest in solids
  - positive space
  - rigid and have a definite volume and shape
  - solid objects
  - spatially homogeneous, apart from surface effects and from defects
  - stable because the atoms bind together
  - substances
  - tough to compress too, but gases are easy
  - very hydroscopic
* are, well, solid.
* behave as they do because of the way their particles are arranged.
* can also have internal faces that divide the solid into cells.
* can be any shape and size
  - mixtures also
  - very simple like a cube or very complex like a piston engine
  - behave like fluids under many conditions
  - change their shape only if great force is applied
  - conduct heat energy
  - exhibit five different types of magnetic behavior depending on their atomic structure
  - hold their shape because their molecules are tightly packed together
  - only change their shape by force, as when broken or cut
  - release gases back into the atmosphere when heated and pressed by volcanic activity
* clump together to form the cud or bolus.
* come in different colors,weights,hardnesses,and some have odors.
* consist of atoms
  - closely packed molecules which form a rigid structure
* drying complex process of simultaneous heat and mass transfer.
* exist because atoms attract one another and cling together.
* experience smaller vibrations than liquids or gases.
* have a definite form.
* have a definite shape and size or volume
  - volume that retains itself
  - shape, and liquids take the shape of their container
  - distinct shape
* have a fixed shape and volume
  - volume and are rigid
  - much more regular structure than liquids
  - nonzero shear modulus
  - particular size and shape
  - variety of uses for space operations
  - an indefinite shape and do assume the shape of their container
* have definite volume and shape, but liquids only have a definite volume
  - improved integrity, are easier to calibrate, weigh less and have greater longevity
* hold their shape and volume
  - at room temperature
* is matter
* like to hold their shape.
* melt and liquids evaporate when the van der waals forces between molecules are broken
  - when they change to the liquid state
* modeling computer software is used to develop basic designs and create production drawings.
* occur when atoms lock onto each other in what is called a crystal lattice.
* possess a periodic, glasses and proteins a non-periodic spatial structure
  - rigid structure, and tend to resist any changes to their volume or shape
* react rather slowly, liquids more quickly, and gases more quickly.
* retain both volume and shape.
* settle to the bottom forming a layer of sludge.
+ Mixture: Chemistry :: Words
  * Solids can be mixtures also. Many kinds of soil and rock are mixtures of different minerals.
+ Ruminant, How rumination works, Details: Mammals
  * The four parts of the stomach are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. In the first two chambers, the rumen and the reticulum, the food is mixed with saliva and separates into layers of solid and liquid material. Solids clump together to form the cud or bolus.
+ Solid-state chemistry, Synthetic methods, Oven techniques, Gas reactions: Chemistry
  * Many solids react readily with reactive gases such as chlorine, iodine, oxygen or others. Such reactions are often carried out in a tube with open ended on both sides and through which the gas flows. In that case stoichiometric information can be obtained during the reaction. That information helps identify the products.
+ States of matter, Common States of Matter, Solids
  * In a 'solid', the positions of atoms are fixed relative to each other over long time. This cohesion is provided by metallic, covalent or ionic bonds. Only solids can be pushed on by a force without changing shape, which means that they can be resistant to deformation. Solids also tend to be strong enough to hold their own shape in a container. Solids are generally denser than liquids.