Solids Maintain Their Shape Because Their Atoms Are Kept in Place

question 67

Multiple Choice

Solids maintain their shape because their atoms are kept in place by strong mutual attractive forces, called:

• A) van der Waals forces.
• B) thermodynamic equilibrium.
• C) buoyancy.
• D) fluidics.

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