What are the properties of matter?

Answer 1

The General Properties of Matter:

1. Mass: very common to all matter. Mass does not change unless divided or removed to a body of matter.

2. Weight: it depends in the attraction of the pull of gravity thus, it changes from place to place.

3. Impenetrability: there are no two things that can occupy the same space.

4. Inertia: a matter that is at rest will remain at rest but can only be moved when external force is applied.

5. Porosity: states that matter has pores.

6. Form and shape: where we can distinguish what kind of matter is the thing observed.

7. Volume: capacity or space occupied.

8. Density: amount of mass per volume

The general properties of matter result from its relationship with mass and space. Because of its mass, all matter has inertia (the mass being the measure of its inertia) and weight, if it is in a gravitational field. Because it occupies space, all matter has volume and impenetrability, since two objects cannot occupy the same space simultaneously.

The special properties of matter, on the other hand, depend on internal structure and thus differ from one form of matter, i.e., one substance, to another. Such properties include ductility, elasticity,hardness, malleability, porosity(ability to permit another substance to flow through it), and tenacity (resistance to being pulled apart).
Examples: density, boiling point, freezing point, hardness, crystalline structure etc.
Physical properties can be observed or measured without changing the composition of matter. Physical properties are used to observe and describe matter. Physical properties include: appearance, texture, color, odor, melting point, boiling point, density, solubility, polarity, and many others.
1. Mass

2. weight (I believe you mean volume here... weigh is just gravities effect on mass and so really 1. and 2. are redundant...)

One of the accepted definitions of matter are that it has mass and volume. Energy on the other hand does not have mass or volume.

and there is actually 5 properties of matter. (really? what are they?)

Professer, Michelle

Answer 2

properties of matter