GEN. CHEM. 1 - CHAPTER 1 - STATES OF MATTER

Plasma

A fourth state of matter, formed by heating and ionizing a gas, is made of groups of negatively and positively charged particles.

Matter

Anything that has mass and volume.

Phase

By absorbing or releasing an amount of energy (heat) into or out of matter.

Substances

Can change from one phase to another when the physical Forces between the particles composing them are changed

Solids

Definite shape and volume

Matter

Describe based on its state or phase.

Cold liquid Helium and superconductors like the nucleons inside a neutron star.

Examples of Bose-Einstien Condensate

ionized gases, aurora borealis, lightning, and comet tails.

Examples of Plasma

Condensation

Gas to liquid

Deposition

Gas to solid

Vaporization

Liquid to gas

Freezing

Liquid to solid

Liquid

No definite shape but has definite volume.

Sublimation

Solid to gas

Melting

Solid to liquid

Bose-Einstein Condensate

The fifth state of matter, cooled to temperatures very close to zero.

Plasma and Bose-Einstein Condensate

The fourth and fifth states are referred to as ______.

Volume

The space that occupies.

Solid, liquid, gas

Three main states/phase of matter.

Mass

amount of matter.

Gases

takes the shape of their container, no definite volume.