sentence: Butter can be a semisolid when it is warm.
sentences_before: Mayonnaise is an example. Mayonnaise does not hold its shape like a solid but does not flow like a liquid. Normally semisolids are covalent things. Covalent substances get softer and softer until they melt. Ionic substances melt at one temperature and do not get softer.
sentences_after: Butter does not hold its shape but it does not flow like a liquid.
concept_name: butter
headings: Semisolid
categories: Chemistry