Explain the three state of matter?

Answer 1

pvn=RT.

The 3 states are solid, fluid, and liquid. The given equation calculates out to give a model of the relations of p v and T (pressure, volume and Tempature) that define each state. In most cases as temperature goes down, you get closer to solid, or as volume does down, etc.

Some types of matter done have much of a fluid state or a solid state. others don't have as much a solid state as you would think, such as room temprature butter is acutally a fluid.

Answerpvn=RT.

The 3 states are solid, fluid, and liquid. The given equation calculates out to give a model of the relations of p v and T (pressure, volume and Tempature) that define each state. In most cases as temperature goes down, you get closer to solid, or as volume does down, etc.

Some types of matter done have much of a fluid state or a solid state. others don't have as much a solid state as you would think, such as room temprature butter is acutally a fluid.

AnswerThe states of matter are defined by their molecular activity--meaning their microscopic structure, basically.

Solids have a very repetitive structure, often called a lttice structure, which forms a sort of box-like shape in rows of molecules. The molecules vibrate very gently, undetectable to humans. So pretty much for a solid to move they have to vibrate because it is so closely packed together.

Liquids are much less structured, tending to "flow" in loose chains of molecules or even separate, depending on the liquid. The molecules are more chaotic and move more quickly than those in a solid. Liquids are alot less free than solids because they are not as tightly packed together.

Gases are random and unpredictable. The molecules move in no reasonable order and move very quickly and erratically. Usually, the molecules are separate bonds, not bonded together as in the two other states. This is also why we cannot usually see a gas (such as oxygen).

Heat changes affect these states of matter, depending on the solution and it's elements. Generally, as heat decreases, molecular speeds decrease and the solution becomes solid; likewise, as heat increase the molecules become chaotic and form a gas. Water for instance, goes from ice, to liquid water, to water vapor, depending on the heat involved. Think of cooking and the steam (vapor) or the coldness of ice.

Answer 2

Solidtightly packed particles

opaque

can't change form

Liquidpacked kind of loose

opaque or transparent

can change form

Gaspacked very loosely

transparent

can go into containers (changes form)

Answer 3

There are three fundamental states of matter, solid, gas and liquid. The main difference between them is in the amount of molecular motion. Solids have little to no motion, liquids have more and gasses have the most motion.

Answer 4

(There are actually either 4 or 5 states of matter, but the classical three predominate under Earth conditions. The states of matter differ essentially in density: solids being generally more dense than liquids, which are more dense than gases. Plasma is very-high temperature, very low density except inside stars.)

The main differences are the temperature (i.e. speed of movement of the atoms or molecules) and the volume (i.e. spacing between the atoms or molecules) of the material in each state.

1. solid state - low temperature, the atoms or molecules barely move and the volume is small, the atoms or molecules are closely packed (often forming orderly crystals) making the material stiff or rigid.
2. liquid state - medium temperature, the atoms or molecules move nearly freely and the volume is slightly larger as the atoms or molecules separate somewhat permitting the material to flow.
3. gas state - high temperature, the atoms or molecules move rapidly and completely freely and the volume is large, the atoms or molecules are widely spaced allowing the material to expand to fill whatever space there is.
4. plasma state - very high temperature, the atoms move so rapidly they lose their electrons becoming ions (molecules are knocked apart into separate atoms which become ions). The behavior of plasma becomes much harder to predict than the other three states because it is composed of electrically charged components (i.e. ionized nuclei, free electrons).

Answer 5

Well,

The main difference is the speed the particles are moving. Even in solids, the particles do move.

To put it very simply, the faster the particles move, the easier it is for them to break away from each others intermolecular forces and polarity.

So, gas is the hottest, which means the particles move the fastest, so they break away from each other.

Liquid is cooler, so the particles move slower, so the particles cant escape each other as easily.

Solids are the coolest... hopefully you get the idea.

This is a brief explanation, and due to differences in intermolecular forces, the changes happen at different temperatures and pressures.

Answer 6

The three states of matter are different in terms of the attraction force on the individual molecules. The attraction force on the solids molecules is the greatest while the attraction force between the molecules in the gaseous state is he weakest.

Answer 7

They are different because of the intermolecular forces acting between particles, and because of the amount of kinetic energy in the particles of the substance. In order of increasing kinetic energy, the states of matter are solids, liquids, and gases.

Answer 8

The three states of matter are solids, liquids, and gas.

Answer 9

They are different because a solid cannot be a liquid until it melts into one liquid cannot be a gas unless it eveporates and gas cannot be any of those unless anything it never can.

Answer 10

The states of matter are 4: solid, liquid, gaseous and Plasma. They differ essentially in density, with plasma the lowest density.