Clumps of small numbers of molecules or atoms often have radically different chemical and physical properties than the mega-numbers assumed in the CRC for solids, liquids and gases.
For example tire traction. It should not be possible for a car to have a lateral acceleration greater than 1 gee. Or for a drag racer to have an acceleration greater than one gee. But they do it. Friction is apparently not so simple as it is in mechanics class.