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WinBarr86 t1_j6dvuxm wrote

Reply to comment by superbob201 in ELI5- what is the difference between a liquid and a fluid? by stinkybuttttt

There are way more than 4 states of mater.

Schools teach the wrong shit to keep it super simple. There are 7 states of matter that I'm aware of.

I will die on this hill.

Not all fluids are liquid and not all liquids are fluid. You have non newtonian fluids that are not liquids and you have amorphous solids that have the make up of liquids but are not fluid.

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superbob201 t1_j6dy1o4 wrote

Amorphous solids are not liquid. They are amorphous solid. They have properties of both solids and liquids, but they are neither.

There are far more than 7 states, and it is pretty likely that any list you or I or an expert in the field could come up with would be incomplete 20 years from now.

You are dying on the hill of 'There are more than four states of matter, but we must place everything in one of those states'

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WinBarr86 t1_j6dy9cz wrote

Amorphous solids are solids that have an atomic makeup closer to a liquid.

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