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03 Matter KCi C
03 Matter KCi C
Changes of The
The States State
Moving-Particle
of Matter Model
Change of
State
Explained
Gas
Pressure
Density
Density & Heat Air
Expansion Pressure
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• cannot be compressed. • can flow, and be poured. • can easily flow and move.
(squashed into a smaller space) (e.g. when the wind blows)
• cannot be compressed.
A solid made of grains, like dry • are easily compressed.
sand, has no definite shape and
can flow like a liquid. However, Liquids & Gases are both “fluids”;
each grain is hard, has a definite substances which can flow and change shape.
shape and cannot be
compressed.
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Most pure substances can change their state from solid to liquid to gas, and back again.
When this happens, it is still the same substance, but in a different state.
LEARN THE NAMES FOR EACH CHANGE.
melting risation (or boilin
po g)
va
sublimation
Sometimes it is possible for a substance to change directly from solid to gas,
or from gas to solid. In either direction this change is called sublimation.
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Examples of Changes of State
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As the vapour
cools, it condenses
back to liquid.
Solid water is ice.
Note that water
Ice melts to liquid water.
vapour is an
invisible gas. If you
can see a cloud of
“steam”, it is
actually a cloud of
tiny little liquid
droplets. Clouds in
the sky are also
made of tiny liquid
Liquid water can droplets which
freeze to ice. have condensed
from water vapour.
Ice is solid water, but it is still the substance water.
Water vapour is a gas, but it is still water.
When a substance changes its state, it remains the same substance.
It can change its state over and over again, but it is still the same stuff.
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The Moving-Particle Model
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The particles are tightly The particles are tightly The particles are far apart.
packed together. packed together. This explains why gases are easily
This explains why solids are This explains why liquids are compressible. It is easy to push the
incompressible. incompressible. particles closer together.
The particles are able to move
They are held firmly in place by around, bumping and jostling The particles are flying in all
forces of attraction. each other. directions at high speed, colliding
This is why solids are hard, with This explains why liquids have and bouncing away again.
a fixed shape. no fixed shape, and take the This explains why they have no
Although the particles are fixed shape of their container. fixed shape, and totally fill their
in place, they vibrate and jiggle This also explains how they can container.
around a bit. flow as a “fluid”.
Notice that in every case the particles are moving.
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Scientific Models
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When you add heat energy to any substance, the particles in it do not get hotter...
they get faster. When something cools down, the particles
do not get any colder... they go slower.
Heat Energy added.
In a solid substance the particles cannot move around, but only vibrate.
When a solid is heated, the particles vibrate faster,
but still stay in their fixed place.
d) liquids & gases are “fluids” which can flow and have no fixed shape?
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Heat Expansion
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It is an observed fact that substances expand (get bigger) as they get hotter,
and contract (shrink) as they get cooler.
How does our Moving-Particle Model explain this?
In a Solid... In a Liquid...
Particles in a solid are Particles in a liquid are
vibrating, but are held in close together, but
place by forces of move around among
attraction. each other.
Heat Heat
Added Added
Adding heat makes the
When heated, the particles
particles vibrate faster. As
move faster. They collide
they jiggle and push faster and harder and push
against each other, they are each other away. This
forced a little further apart. causes the volume of the
This makes the solid liquid to get bigger.
substance get bigger and The liquid expands and
occupy more space. occupies more space.
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substance expands, but the particles stay the same size.
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This why you should never dispose of an aeorsol spray can in a fireplace or incinerator.
As it gets hot the pressure will rise and it may explode.
Even more dangerous are pressure cylinders of fuel gas. If there is a fire in a house or factory, not
only might the cylinder explode from rising pressure, but the escaping fuel will then burn. This is
why large gas cylinders are always stored outside buildings.
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1.
a) What is “heat expansion”?
b) Explain why railway lines are always laid with a small gap between the
pieces of metal rail.
2.
a) What is meant by “pressure”?
c) If a gas is in a flexible container (e.g. a balloon) and it gets hotter, what might
happen?
d) What would happen if the gas is in a strong, rigid (not flexible) container and
it gets hotter?
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Density
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1 cm
1 cm3
cm
1 cm
1
Well, of course, they are the same mass;
1 kg each. However, the lead has all its mass Liquid volumes are
packed in a very small space or “volume”, measured in
while the cotton wool occupies a large volume millilitres (mL).
for the same mass.
These 2 different units of
The real difference here is “Density”. volume are actually the
same amount.
Density means the amount of 1 cm3 = 1 mL
mass per unit of volume.
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Solids, Liquids & Gases We could predict from the model that solids and liquids
Remember how the particles are arranged in the different should have similar densities. Both solids and liquids should
states of matter. be far denser than a gas, assuming the particles are all the
same weight.
In solids the particles are
packed close together, and Sure enough, if the density of any pure substance is
fixed in place. measured the results are similar to the following.
You’ve already learnt about heat expansion. What does that do to density?
Generally, as a substance gets hotter its particles move faster.
They collide harder and more often, and push each other apart slightly.
Most of the time, water acts just like all other Why Water Expands on Freezing
substances. This is tricky to explain. You need to
know that the “particles” in water are
For example here are its density values over a range not actually ball-like, but shaped like this:
of temperatures, getting cooler.
Temperature (oC) Density (g/cm3) In liquid water, these
99 0.96 particles can wriggle in
75 0.98 very close to each other
50 0.99 for maximum density.
25 0.997
5 1.00
Like other substances, as you cool water down it shrinks However, as water freezes to
slightly and its density rises a little. ice the particles are forced to
line up in organized “ranks”,
However, when you cool other substances further until they so they are actually slightly
freeze (solidify) they keep shrinking and density continues further apart.
to rise. But look at what happens to water:
Temperature (oC) Density (g/cm3) This is why water expands as it freezes, and ice floats
5 1.00 in water... ice has a lower density.
0 (still liquid) 0.99
0 (ice) 0.92 (This also explains why a can of drink will split open
As water freezes, it expands, and the if frozen; the water expands as it freezes.)
density gets lower! Why?
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Why do some things float and others sink?
It’s all a matter of density. Study these diagrams to spot the rule.
Wood Wood Wood
d = 0.9 g/cm3 d = 0.9 g/cm3 d = 0.9 g/cm3
Floats! Petrol
Water Steel d = 0.7 g/cm3 Steel
d = 1.0 g/cm3 d = 8 g/cm3
Steel d = 8 g/cm3 Mercury
d = 8 g/cm3 Both Sink! Both Float! d = 13 g/cm3
Sinks!
Can you see the pattern? Things will float if their density is less than the liquid.
They will sink if their density is more than the liquid.
How Can a Steel Ship Float? A submarine has
Because of its shape, the ship contains a lot of air special ballast
within its total volume. This means its overall density tanks. When these
is only about 0.7 g/cm3. tanks are filled with air, the sub’s density is less
than water, so it floats.
Since fresh water
has d = 1.0 g/cm3, If the tanks are filled with
the ship floats. water the sub’s density is
higher than water,
It floats even better in sea water so it can dive.
which has a higher density.
(salt water, d = 1.3 g/cm3) Cruising underwater, the tanks are adjusted so that
the sub has the same density as the sea... “neutral
If the ship gets a hole in it and enough air spaces fill buoyancy”. In this state it neither sinks nor floats, but
with water, the density rises and it may sink. hangs in the water, and it can manoeuvre easily.
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2. Generally, how does the density of a solid, liquid and gas (of the same pure
substance) compare? Explain your answer using the basics of the Moving-
Particle Model.
4.
a) What happens to density during the heat expansion of a substance?
c) Generally then, would a pure solid float or sink in a liquid of the same pure
substance?
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