An allergy medicine is usually stored in a cabinet at room temperature where its molecules moved around each other. by mistake an intern transferred energy into the medicine. after one hour the intern found the medicine and noticed that it was liquid. how were the molecules moving when the intern found the medicine? why did the molecules were moving this way after the intern transferred energy into the medicine?

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An allergy medicine is usually stored in a cabinet at room temperature where its molecules moved around each other. by mistake an intern transferred energy into the medicine. after one hour the intern found the medicine and noticed that it was liquid. how were the molecules moving when the intern found the medicine? why did the molecules were moving this way after the intern transferred energy into the medicine? 

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In solid, molecules are moving but their motion is vibrational motion. They don't change their position. It means their kinetic energy is that much low to let them move freely.

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