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Question
Fill in the following blank with suitable words :
At room temperature, the forces of attraction between the particles of solid substances are ....................... then those which exist in the gaseous state.
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Solution
At room temperature, the forces of attraction between the articles of solid substances are much more than those which exist in the gaseous state.
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| Fig. I | Fig. II |
In figure-I, an air column of length ℓ1 is entrapped by a column of Hg of length 8 cm. In figure-II length of same air column at the same temperature is ℓ2. The `ℓ_1/ℓ_2` is:
(1 atm = 76 cm of Hg)


