Generally, no. That's what makes it a solid. Unless of course the solid has holes in it.
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Platinum is a solid.
The point at which a liquid becomes a gas is the boiling point. The point at which a gas becomes a liquid is still called the boiling point. A solid going straight to gas without passing through a liquid state is called sublimation. Dry Ice solid CO2 is a substance that that sublimes.
In general, fluidity is the term used to refer to the ability of a fluid to flow. It's the reciprocal of viscosity, which is the resistance of a fluid to deform when subjected to either shear or extensional forces. It (viscosity) is often thought of as the "thickness" of a fluid.Consider that a gas is a fluid just as a liquid is, and a gas is "more fluid" than a liquid. It (the gas) has a greater ability to "flow" than a liquid. Gas atoms or molecules "stick together" less than the atoms or molecules of a liquid. We don't use the term fluidity much in engineering, but stick to viscosity, which is linked below.Solid:A solid's ability to flow is called plasticity. Examples of this process would be the earth's mantle, which is solid material that flows underneath the Earth's crust.
A direct change of state from a gas to a solid is called DEPOSITION.The opposite process (solid to gas) is called sublimation.
Both! The physical state of a substance can go straight from gas to solid, or can heat from solid to liquid and then to gas. The process a solid undertakes when it goes straight to its gas state from a solid state without first turning liquid is called sublimation.