General characteristics of solids:
1. Solids have definite volume and shape.
2. Solids are rigid and incompressible.
3. Solids have strong cohesive forces.
4. Solids have short interatomic, ionic (or) molecular distances.
5. Their constituents (atoms, ions or molecules) have fixed positions and can only oscillate about their mean positions.
6. Unlike gases, in solids, the atoms, ions (or) molecules are held together by strong force of attraction.
