Precisely what I mean.

Except that is explicitly not what you said. Expanding to fit an available volume is not infinite expansion, obviously.

then it wouldn't be resting on other particles.

Firstly, expansion occurs in all directions... Secondly, once expansion is no longer occurring (due to reaching equilibrium/rest/the confines of the container walls), the particles of course would be resting on one another (as they are during expansion as well...)

You seem to imagine that expansion precludes falling - or they are somehow mutually exclusive. Imagine a squished foam ball (or spring) being dropped...

Precisely what I mean.

Except that is explicitly not what you said. Expanding to fit an available volume is not infinite expansion, obviously.

then it wouldn't be resting on other particles.

Firstly expansion occurs in all directions... Secondly, once expansion is no longer occurring (due to reaching equilibrium/rest/the confines of the container walls), the particles of course would be resting on one another (as they are during expansion as well...)

You seem to imagine that expansion precludes falling - or they are somehow mutually exclusive. Imagine a squished foam ball (or spring) being dropped...

Precisely what I mean.

Except that is explicitly not what you said. Expanding to fit an available volume is not infinite expansion, obviously.

then it wouldn't be resting on other particles.

Firstly expansion occurs in all directions... Secondly, once expansion is no longer occurring (due to reaching equilibrium/rest/the confines of the container walls), the particles of course would be resting on one another (as they are during expansion as well...)