Mercury is a liquid at room temperature, gallium will melt if held in your hand, and aluminum is a solid that has a high melting point. All three are metals. How can you explain these observations using information about the strength of metallic bonds?

28. which is not a reason that water is used to store spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants? water increases the speed of the chain reaction in the fuel rods. water protects nuclear power plant workers from the high temperature and radiation of the fuel rods. water acts as a radiation shield to reduce the radiation levels. water cools the spent rods. salts action

Match each statement with the state of matter it describes

Now look at the segment of the graph between the two data points marked with black squares. describe how the boiling point and melting point plots behave between these points. be as specific as possible.