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Re: [Phys-l] The Normal Force

Jeffrey Schnick wrote:
I'm just looking for a slightly more complete explanation, at
the same level--one that might also account for why stepping onto the
surface of a pond is so much different when the water is in its liquid
state than it is when the water is in its solid state.

Nobel laureate Pierre-Gilles de Gennes considered the classification scheme on states of matter too simplistic. There are many intermediate states between solid and liquid. De Gennes just passed away last Friday...

Alphonsus