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At what temperature does each form of water change into a new form?
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∙ 14y ago
Believe it or not, water is always changing into a new form! It is generally accepted that water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees Centigrade. However, this is simply the temperature at which water will spontaneously become a gas at one atmosphere of pressure at sea level. Even so, water will evaporate at just about any temperature, even ice evaporates! Take an ice cube and set it in the back of your freezer and then leave it there for a few months, eventually it will get smaller and smaller until it disappears, and that's because it evaporated. Water is actually always water. The only thing that made us assign it three different "forms" was the fact that it behaves differently under these conditions. When frozen, water molecules fit tightly together and stay put, because they are not vibrating fast enough to break any molecular bonds. As the water warms, the molecular bonds loosen and the molecules are free to tumble about, which makes the water "liquidy". After a certain point, the molecular bonds shatter entirely and the water molecule goes flying off by itself, which we call water vapor, steam, or the gaseous state of water. However, the water molecules can break free for many reasons and at any time, it's just most likely to happen with warmer temperatures.
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 13y agoWe call the change a "change in state." It is going from liquid water into water vapor, a liquid to a gas. It is not making a new substance but just changing its state. It is a physical change.
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∙ 14y agoAt standard conditions, water will change states of matter at 0oC and at 100oC. At 0oC water will melt/freeze and at 100oC water will boil/condensate.
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∙ 7y agoThis temperature is the boiling point - 100 oC - at 1 at.
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What point does it become a liquid?
The boiling point of a substance is the point at which that substance will change between being a gas and a liquid. For example, the boiling point of water is 100oC, so water vapour will change to water at this temperature. The boiling point of Methane is -161oC, so any temperature above this, Methane will be in gas form.
What property of a substance does the change in temperature indicate?
Change in temperature directly indicates a change in the mean amount of kinetic energy possessed by each particle. It also indirectly indicates a possible change in state, and a possible change in chemical properties too (chemical reactions often involve energy transfer in the form of temperature change).
What two characteristics of water combine to form a thermohaline?
temperature and salinity
When the temperature drops below freezing which phase change causes frost to form on the grass?
The phase change is called deposition: water vapor changes directly to ice.
How does the change in the volume of water affects the temperature at which KNO3 crystals will form?
1. Decreasing the volume of water crystallization at a lower temperature is more possible.2. The solubilty is expressed in amount of solute, in a given volume (ex. 100 mL or 1 L) at a given temperature and pressure.
when water vapor is change into water droplets in the air are formed?
water vapor change into water droplets when are at a low temperature. when the water vapors are at a low tempertaure, the particles of water come closer to each other and they form droplets of water.
What causes water to change its form?
Its the change in a temperature. If its cold water might freeze and make an ice cube.
What causes water to change form?
Its the change in a temperature. If its cold water might freeze and make an ice cube.
How and why is clouds forming in the sky a physical change?
because condensation is simply just a change of the water temperature in the air. a temperature change is a physical change. clouds form when the water vapor condenses, so therefore, cloud formation is a physical change.
At what temperature does cold water change into a new form?
0 degrees Celsius, water turns into ice at that point
What point does it become a liquid?
The boiling point of a substance is the point at which that substance will change between being a gas and a liquid. For example, the boiling point of water is 100oC, so water vapour will change to water at this temperature. The boiling point of Methane is -161oC, so any temperature above this, Methane will be in gas form.
Is crystalline at room temperature a property of water?
The crystalline form of water is called ice. It does not form at room temperature.
What property of a substance does the change in temperature indicate?
Change in temperature directly indicates a change in the mean amount of kinetic energy possessed by each particle. It also indirectly indicates a possible change in state, and a possible change in chemical properties too (chemical reactions often involve energy transfer in the form of temperature change).
What is a physical change that takes place when oxygen and hydrogen are combined to form H2O?
When oxygen and hydrogen combine to form water there is a chemical change, not a physical change. That may be followed by a physical change, depending on the conditions when the chemical change occurs. You may, for example begin with water vapor and, if the temperature is low enough, it will condense (a physical change) to liquid water.
What two characteristics of water combine to form a thermohaline?
temperature and salinity
When the temperature drops below freezing which phase change causes frost to form on the grass?
The phase change is called deposition: water vapor changes directly to ice.
What form of energy caused the temperature of the water to increase?
evaporation is the energy that release water temperature
