When ice melts, it goes from a solid straight to a liquid. Why isn’t there some sort of pasty intermediary state? If the states of matter are about the proximity of a body’s particles, then it’d make sense for the ice to get softer and softer until it turns to water, right?
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Some materials are like, think of chocolate, which can definitely ride the line between liquid and solid. Ice specifically forms crystals, and crystals are rigid until they are broken apart, hence the sharp divide between states.
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