CH1012
L1 /
10
PHASES
Phases (states of matter)
Gas - particles are very mobile (km / s)
- large average interparticle distance
- fills container, no surface, low r
eg. H2 = homonuclear diatomic
Gas - particles are very mobile (km / s)
- large average interparticle distance
- fills container, no surface, low r
eg. H2 = homonuclear diatomic
Liquid - particles are
mobile (mm / s)
- small interparticle distance
- fills container, forms a surface
- small interparticle distance
- fills container, forms a surface
Solid - particles non mobile and in contact
- fixed shape, high r
- fixed shape, high r
Amorphous - SiO2 - glass
Crystalline -
SiO2 - quartz
