States of Matter

Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma are the four fundamental states of matter, also known as phases of matter. It is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume which is determined by temperature and pressure.

The four states of matter are: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. The state is determined by temperature and pressure and expressed as the matter’s resistance to changes of shape or volume.

The three most commonly spoken of states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas. Plasma is the least common on the surface of the Earth. A state of matter means that while the atoms remain the same, the characteristics of their physical shape and behaviors vary.

Imagine you have a piece of candy, like a gummy bear. If the gummy bear is hard and you can't squish it or change its shape easily, it's like a solid.

Now imagine you put that gummy bear in a hot car and it starts to melt and become liquid, like when you make gummy bear jello.

If you leave that jello out for a long time, it might start to evaporate and turn into a gas, like when you see steam coming off of boiling water.

Finally, if you get really, really hot, like in the center of a star or lightning, you can create a fourth state of matter called plasma. It's like a gas, but the atoms are so hot that they break apart and become electrically charged.

So solids, liquids, gases, and plasma are all different ways that matter can exist, depending on how hot or cold it is and how much pressure it's under.

Solid

Solid matter is a rigid form, where it maintains its shape and size.

The particles (ions, atoms, or molecules) of a solid are close together - the closest of the three common states of matter. Due to their closeness, particles can only vibrate, but not move freely. A solid has both stable volume and shape. Solids require a physical force such as cutting or breaking to change shape.

You're an adult, you're spending your time building a metaphorical Bucky ball love network, looks like a soccer ball that you can play on, but first you need to find a surface here's a few:

  1. table
  2. desk
  3. kitchen counter
  4. sofa
  5. chair
  6. rocking chair
  7. stool
  8. swivel chair
  9. wall
  10. stairs
  11. deck
  12. floor

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Even in outer-space you have to tie rubber-bands to each other just to get a surface. Now that you're thinking about apples, let's think about the apple that landed on Newton's head, the one that gave Newton brain and a headache. According to Newton's third law, when one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object simultaneously exerts a force of equal magnitude but in the opposite direction on the first object. In other words, forces always occur in pairs, this is why she can't just float in space while you wiggle around like a snake, you need friction or she'll be looking for another node on her Bucky ball .

Liquid represented as a ball-and-stick structure:
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structural diagram of a solid consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons represented as a ball-and-stick structure

Solids fall into one of two categories, amorphous and crystallines:
States of Matter Amorphous-Crystalline Solids fall into one of two categories, amorphous and crystallines
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The difference between crystalline and amorphous solids can only be seen microscopically. The distance between atoms in matter can either be a near-perfect spacing (crystalline) or without arrangement (amorphous).

Colliding plates make Volcanoes comprised of amorphous (sedimentary), crystalline (igneous) and metamorphic, which are those that start off as one kind, and change to another because of heat and pressure. Eruptions go all over, sometimes lava goes further than expected, and sometimes it just slides down the side. It lands on a surface and when it hardens its changes. Depending on what was covered and the amount of time in place, can turn a substance into crystalline form. Which explains why woman are fascinated with crystallines. Diamonds are carbon atoms squeezed into crystalline form. Sand is amorphous, comprised of various molecules stacked on each other. When pressure and heat is applied to sand, sandstone is formed which is an amorphous structure comprised of amorphous sub-units.

Is heat and pressure the same? No, heat and pressure are not the same thing. Heat is a form of energy that is transferred from one object to another due to a difference in temperature. Pressure is a force that is exerted on an object by another object. Heat is proportional to the amount of electrons. The more electrons an object has, the more heat it can hold. This is because electrons can move around and collide with each other, which produces heat.

Heat can cause an increase in pressure, but pressure does not necessarily cause an increase in heat. For example, if you heat a gas, molecules will move faster and collide with each other more often, which will increase pressure. However, if you increase pressure of a gas without increasing its temperature, molecules will not move faster and heat will not increase.

In general, heat and pressure are two different concepts that can have an effect on each other, but they are not the same thing.

Liquid

Liquid matter is a matter in a shapeless form that maintains its volume (almost) consistently.

Liquid matter is what a solid can become at a higher temperature (ice into water) and/or lower pressure. A liquid cannot maintain a shape of its own independent of its container. The particles of a liquid are not as close together as in a solid, but closer than as a gas.

Imagine you have a glass of water. The water inside the glass is a liquid.

A liquid is like a solid that's been heated up or had pressure removed, so it can't hold its shape on its own. Unlike a solid, a liquid can "flow" and take the shape of whatever container it's in.

The particles (tiny pieces that make up everything) in a liquid are closer together than in a gas, but not as close as in a solid. Because the particles are still pretty close together, a liquid has a fixed volume (it takes up a certain amount of space), but it doesn't have a fixed shape like a solid.

So, when you pour water from a glass into a bowl, it takes on the shape of the bowl. And when you pour it back into the glass, it takes on the shape of the glass again.

"Did you just spill a glass of water on me?" You're doing well when you're not phased by the slip-in-slide, they might even apologize for it. Liquids are great for reducing friction. H2O is really cool, it provides temperature control, energy production in organism and is slightly acidic which gives it even more versatility. You wouldn't have life without water.

Liquid represented as a ball-and-stick structure:
States of Matter Liquid represented as a ball-and-stick structure
States of Matter Liquid represented as a ball-and-stick structure

She know you thinking about it, but not acting on it, but she don’t understand why.
(–) Maybe it was the remark about her being raccoon #2?

Those golden ear hoops she wearing make you think of a different kind of Mario cart. Gold (Au) perfect for deflecting UV radiation, just have to pound gold until it covers face. It’s why astronauts use face shields lined with gold thin enough to see through, but thick enough to handle the radiation in a way that doesn’t blind. You can’t do that with Al, or Fe. Gold has the ability to be spread very thin without cracking or tearing. It's very malleable, almost squishy. Just a few pounds per inch to get what you need.

What is this? Is this a string of pearls? Better not be fake … oh I get it, you’re wanting something real. The good thing about calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is all you need is layers to form pearls, concentric layers. Day after day, layer by layer getting that cream factory to deliver is the way you get pearls.

Look at all those layers. Yum, now you’re thinking what do I do with one? Well let’s think back on States of Matter and Atoms, currently we have a liquid, if you want it to solidify you can try reducing the amount of electrons. Grab your fan and let it suck away those electrons. Should incrementally pull electrons shell by shell reducing it to stable conditions. Dehydration reactions will be covered here. Now chemistry has its problems. Oxidation Reduction reactions are an example of how chemistry jargon doesn’t really meet up with what you’re thinking. Reduced doesn’t mean fewer electrons, It actually means more. Yes, I had to double check because I still find that confusing. Unlike raccoon #1 who thinks she just gained respect she actually lost it. Luckily her nimble fingers find something I don’t give a shit about. Yes, some people do make you think of other animals, and there is some overlap, its why I just used calcium carbonate to explain creaminess. If you didn’t make that connection you should stop reading because the only thing you getting is nimble fingers.

This clear, thin, slippery fluid composed of water, mucus, and enzymes is valuable cream. The pH of lubrication is slightly acidic, which helps to protect from infection. Each Pearl is unique, most have at least some kind of phosphatase, glucose, and fructose which forms a milky, nearly orderless solution. If anything it smells sweet, snack time.

Nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some animals as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.

Nacre is composed of 95% aragonite (a form of calcium carbonate) and 5% organic matrix. The aragonite crystals are arranged in a very specific way, with each crystal being slightly tilted from the one next to it. This arrangement creates a wave-like structure that reflects light in a way that produces the iridescent colors seen in nacre.

10-20 µm and 0.5 µm thick.

The organic matrix in nacre is made up of Proteins and polysaccharides. These proteins help to bind the aragonite crystals together and give nacre its strength and resilience. The polysaccharides help to give nacre its luster.

Gas

Gas is matter which cannot maintain its shape or volume.

A gas is matter in an excited state, with more energy than is found in a liquid or solid of its own kind, usually due to high temperature and sometimes due to extremely low pressure. It cannot maintain a shape nor volume. If a specific amount of gas is placed in a sealed container, it would spread evenly out to fill the void, regardless of the size or shape of the container. Pure gases cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Sometimes unknown sounds occur, sometimes it's old-fashion Poisson or Bernoulli, but we hope it's Normal (Gaussian) and they're due to atoms bumping into each other, atom-by-atom until that last atom hits the hair-like protein eminating from cells inside your ear causing the neuron to depolarize and send a signal to your brain, followed by a subsequent thought "did she fart? she wouldn't do that... Most of been Newton's First Law, the one where a sudden change in motion does something.

Also known as the law of inertia, states that an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue moving in a straight line at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force. In simpler terms, an object will maintain its state of motion (either at rest or moving with a constant velocity) unless a force is applied to it. This law highlights the concept of inertia, which is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion.

Atoms moving freely around in space:

States of Matter Gas diagram image graphic

Atoms moving freely around in space:
States of Matter Gas diagram image graphic
States of Matter Gas diagram image graphic

Gas

Atoms moving freely around in space:

States of Matter Gas diagram image graphic

Atoms moving freely around in space:
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Pressure: Pressure is defined as force per unit area. The formula for pressure is P = F/A, where P is pressure, F is force, and A is area.

Volume: The volume of a gas is defined as the amount of space that the gas occupies. The formula for volume is V = nRT/P, where V is volume, n is moles of gas, R is the ideal gas constant, T is temperature in Kelvin, and P is pressure.

Temperature: The temperature of a gas is defined as a measure of the average kinetic energy of the gas molecules. The formula for temperature is T = KE/n, where T is temperature in Kelvin, KE is kinetic energy, and n is moles of gas.

Molecules: The number of molecules in a gas can be calculated using the formula n = N/NA, where n is moles of gas, N is number of molecules, and NA is Avogadro's number.

Intermolecular forces: The strength of intermolecular forces can be calculated using the formula F = -k(r^-6), where F is force, k is a constant, and r is the distance between the molecules.

Ideal gas: The ideal gas law is a law that describes the behavior of ideal gases. The formula for the ideal gas law is PV = nRT, where P is pressure, V is volume, n is moles of gas, R is the ideal gas constant, and T is temperature in Kelvin.

Real gas: Real gases deviate from ideal gas behavior at high pressures and low temperatures. The van der Waals equation is a more accurate equation that can be used to describe the behavior of real gases. The formula for the van der Waals equation is (P + a/V^2)(V - b) = nRT, where a and b are constants that depend on the type of gas.

Plasma

Plasma exists when matter either increases or reduces the number of electrons in a molecule or atom.

The key word in the creation of plasma is ionization. Gas, when heated to an extreme, can induce a change in the number of electrons in a molecule or atom. Plasmas contain charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions. Fluorescent lamps is an example of a lower pressure plasma. Another example of a low-pressure plasma is our planet's ionosphere where ultraviolet rays from our star hit Earth's atmosphere's most other atoms. Nuclear fusion in stars and in reactors is a high-pressure plasma.

Fire is plasma, it's essentially large amounts electrons moving in space not bound to a nucleus. Lighting strikes are plasma, electricity which is known as the flow of electrons is plasma, its the reason your body feels pain when interacting with too many electrons. This intricate interplay of charged particles is ripping you apart atom-by-atom.

Never use Icy-Hot, peppermint, lavender down there without knowing what you're doing or it will feel like you dunked yourself in a bed of stinging Nettles, you may panic, don't use just water because oil is hydro-phobic and because of osmosis which is when water moves through your cell-membranes to balance the concentration of substances. It's like water flowing from an area with less stuff to an area with more stuff, trying to even things out, which means you will spread those substances further, you may never spread it again, luckily you're not an idiot? and you decide to use soap to break down those HO- groups. "If a bitch do you dirty, wash her ass out with detergent, now hurry, hurry" -UGK. "Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)." Released on August 12, 2007.

This process involves the breakdown of oils or fats into their constituent components, namely glycerol and fatty acids. Hydroxyl groups are present in the structure of glycerol, which is a three-carbon molecule with three hydroxyl groups. The hydrolysis of fats is catalyzed by enzymes called lipases. Lipid's page for more.

Lipases, that's Lip Asses for those getting bored, Lipases are able to break the ester bonds that hold fatty acids to the glycerol molecule. These enzymes work at the interface between water and fats/oils because they are water-soluble while fats are not. Hydroxyl groups in glycerol interact with water molecules, and lipases target the ester bonds adjacent to these hydroxyl groups. To recap, water and soap will act as a solvent to break down Icy-Hot.

Ionized Protons and Electrons:

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Ionized Protons and Electrons:
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States of Matter Plasma image graphic diagram

Phase Transition

Phase transition is the transformation of matter from one state to another. This requires a change in a thermodynamic system.

A phase transition is the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one phase or state of matter to another one. A phase of a thermodynamic system and the states of matter have uniform physical properties.

Order a drink, look at this head, that's really full about spill out. Those elements colliding with each other over this glass. Let's take a deeper look at this head action. This change in temperature will cause more elements to bump into each other which cause more elements to bump into each other which is why it continues to get foamier. This foam is CO2 and it's escaping from the matrix/lattice of other elements in this solution. CO2 a by-product of fermentation is condensed within a lattice of other molecules.

Carbohydrates, Proteins and single-celled organisms line the vessel giving head. Put your fingers in and try to scope it out, or just wait for it to change states. Layer by layer, atoms are being electrically pulled from this surface some of which are turning from liquid to gas.

To recap, this your basic night out, find you're special somebody, liquidate, avoid the oops, and be sure to insulate your organ or you risk getting burned, or fritter flakes. These flakes look like pickled ginger or Corn Flakes.

Phase Transition:
Phase Transition comparison graphic diagram
States of Matter Phase Transition

Phase Diagram

A phase diagram is a graphical representation of the physical states of a substance under different conditions of temperature and pressure. It shows the different phases of a substance (solid, liquid, gas, and sometimes plasma) and the conditions at which they can exist.

Phase Transition Diagram
Phase Transition Diagram
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Phase diagrams are typically pressure-temperature diagrams, with pressure on the y-axis and temperature on the x-axis. The different phases of a substance are represented by different regions in the diagram. The lines that separate the regions represent the conditions at which two phases can coexist in equilibrium.

For example, the phase diagram for water shows that the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of water can coexist at different combinations of pressure and temperature. The solid-liquid line represents the melting point of water, the liquid-gas line represents the boiling point of water, and the solid-gas line represents the sublimation point of water.

  • Phases: The different phases of a substance are represented by different regions in the diagram. The solid phase is typically in the lower-left corner of the diagram, the liquid phase is in the middle, and the gaseous phase is in the upper-right corner.
  • Phase boundaries: The lines that separate the regions in the diagram represent the conditions at which two phases can coexist in equilibrium.
  • Critical point: The critical point is the point at which the liquid and gaseous phases become indistinguishable.
  • Triple point: The triple point is the point at which all three phases of a substance can coexist in equilibrium.
Phase Transition Diagram of Hydrogen
Phase Transition Diagram of Hydrogen showing phase boundaries
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Phase diagrams are used in a variety of fields, including chemistry, physics, geology, and engineering. They can be used to predict the behavior of a substance under different conditions, to design processes for the production or purification of substances, and to understand the physical properties of substances.

Here are some of the important features of a phase diagram:

Phase diagrams are a valuable tool for understanding the behavior of substances under different conditions. They can be used to predict the outcome of phase changes, to design processes for the production or purification of substances, and to understand the physical properties of substances.

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