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States of Matter: AND Changes of State
States of Matter: AND Changes of State
AND
CHANGES OF STATE
SOLID, LIQUID AND GAS
• 1. PARTICLES ARE TIGHTLY
ARRANGED. NO SPACE
SOLID BETWEEN ATOMS
• 2. DEFINITE SHAPE
• 3. DEFINITE VOLUME
• 4. PARTICLES VIBRATE NEXT TO
EACH OTHER
• 1. PARTICLES HAVE SOME SPACE
BETWEEN.
LIQUID • 2. DEFINITE VOLUME
• 3. NO DEFINITE SHAPE
• 4. PARTICLE MOVEMENT IS A
SLIDING ACTION PAST EACH
OTHER
• 1.PARTICLE SPACING IS VERY FAR
APART
GAS • 2. NO DEFINITE SHAPE
• 3. NO DEFINITE VOLUME
• 4. PARTICLE MOVEMENT IS VERY
FAST AND MAY OR MAY NOT
COME IN CONTACT WITH EACH
OTHER
CHANGES OF STATE OF MATTER
IN ORDER FOR A SOLID, LIQUID OR GAS TO CHANGE ITS
STATE OF MATTER HEAT ENERGY IS EITHER ADDED OR
SUBTRACTED
HOW DOES A SOLID,
LIQUID OR GAS
CHANGE ITS STATE
HEAT ENERGY
HAS TO BE
ADDED OR
SUBTRACTED
HEAT ENERGY ADDED TO A SOLID-MELTING OCCURS
KITCHEN MELTING
97˚F/16˚C POINTS MELTED GOLD
HEAT ENERGY ADDED TO A LIQUID
EVAPORATION OR BOILING
MOLECULE MOTION IN EVAPORATION WATER EVAPORATING
BOILING WATER AND BOILING
COMPARISON OF BOILING AND EVAPORATION
SUBLIMATION
A SOLID CHANGES INTO A GAS WITHOUT
BECOMING A LIQUID FIRST
DRY ICE SNOW SUBLIMATION DRY ICE
WHEN HEAT ENERGY IS REMOVED
A GAS BECOMES A LIQUID
CONDENSATION