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L 1.1 - The Particulate Nature of Matter
L 1.1 - The Particulate Nature of Matter
L 1.1 - The Particulate Nature of Matter
of
Matter
OBJECTIVE:
All matter is made up of atoms that are too tiny to be seen by the naked eyes.
Atoms are in constant motion around an empty space called void.
Atoms are completely solid.
Atoms are uniform, with no internal structure.
Atoms come in different shapes and sizes.
• Leucippus
• A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who has been
credited as the first philosopher to develop a theory
of atomism and a teacher of Democritus.
• Democritus
• An Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily
remembered today for his formulation of an atomic
theory of the universe.
• His exact contributions are difficult to disentangle
from those of his mentor Leucippus, as they are often
mentioned together in texts.
• Matter is everywhere. It has mass and volume. The things you use in your classes
such as pen, paper, uniform, ID, watch, board, and cellphone are forms of matter. The
cells that make up your body and your DNA, the rocks and Earth’s core, and the
drugs and silicon chips used by humans are all made up of matter. Thus, chemistry is
considered as central to science and other fields.
MASS – is the amount of matter
VOLUME – is the space it occupies
Examples: aurora borealis & aurora australis, lightning, and comet tails
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE
• This state was first predicted, generally, in 1924-1925 by
Albert Einstein following and crediting a pioneering paper by
Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) on the new field now
known as quantum statistics.
• is the fifth state of matter produced when a cloud of
bosons is cooled to temperatures very close to absolute
zero such that a large fraction of the bosons condense.
• Example: cold liquid helium, nucleons inside a neutron
star
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