kiintoaine
Kiintoaine, in Finnish terminology, refers to solid matter, one of the fundamental states of matter alongside liquids and gases. In a solid, matter has a definite shape and volume, and its particles are closely packed.
At the microscopic level, the particles in a solid are held together by relatively strong intermolecular or
Solids are not a single uniform category. They can be crystalline, with long-range order and a well-defined
Phase transitions connect kiintoaine to other states. Heating a solid can cause it to melt into a
Examples include metals, minerals, ice, ceramics, and many polymers in their solid form. Kiintoaine is central