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STATES OF MATTER
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• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas
• Plasma
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 STATES OF MATTER
Ø Based upon particle arrangement
Ø Based upon energy of particles
Ø Based upon distance between particles
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 Kinetic Theory of Matter
 Matter is made up of particles
which are in continual random motion.
 STATES OF MATTER
SOLIDS

•Par ticles of solids

ar e tightl y packed,
vibr ating about a
fixed position.

•Solids have a
Heat
definite shape and a
definite volume.
 STATES OF MATTER
LIQUID
§ Particles of liquids
are tightly
packed, but are
far enough apart
to slide over one
another.
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§ Liquids have an Heat

indefinite shape
and a definite
 STATES OF MATTER
GAS
§ Particles of
gases are
very far apart
and move
freely.
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§ Gases have an Heat

indefinite
shape and an
indefinite
 PHASE CHANGES
Description of Term for Phase Heat Movement During
Phase Change Change Phase Change

Melting Heat goes into

Solid to the solid as it
liquid melts.
Liquid Freezing Heat leaves
to solid the liquid as it
freezes.
 PHASE CHANGES
Description of Term for Phase Heat Movement During
Phase Change Change Phase Change
Liquid to Vaporization, Heat goes into the
Gas
gas to Condensation
which Heat
liquidleaves
as it the gas
Solid
liquid to gas Sublimation
includes Heat
as goes into the
it condenses.
vaporizes.
boiling and solid as it
evaporation sublimates.
But what happens if you raise the
temperature to super-high levels…
between
1000°C and 1,000,000,000°C ?

Will everything
just be a gas?
 STATES OF MATTER
PLASMA
§ A plasma is an
ionized gas.
§ A plasma is a
very good
conductor of
electricity and
is affected by •Plasma is the
magnetic fields.
common state
§ Plasmas, like
of matter
gases have an
indefinite shape
 STATES OF MATTER

SOLID LIQUID GAS PLASMA

Tightly packed, in a regular

Close together
pattern with no regular
Well separated
arrangement.
Has no with no regular
definite volumearrangement.
or shape and is composed of ele
Vibrate, but do not moveVibrate,
from place
moveto about,
place and slide
Vibrate
past each
and move
other freely at high speeds
Some places where plasmas are found…

1. Flames
2. Lightning
3. Aurora (Northern Lights)
The Sun is an example of a star in
its plasma state
Plas
mas
–
The
4th
State
of
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COLD PLASMA
COLD PLASMA PEN
 Websites: States of Matter
• States of Matter – Facts and examples
• http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Graduate/TI/pages/LEWIS/matterw
• States of Matter Facts
• http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html
• What is matter?
• http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/statesofmatter.h

• States of Matter – view short video

• http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/