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Is air a fluid or a gas or both?

December 31, 1969December 31, 1969 Lou Bloomfield Leave a comment

Is air a fluid or a gas or both?

Air is both a gas (a material composed of many independent particles that normally expands to fill its container) and a fluid (a material that can be reshaped easily to take on the shape of its container).

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