Condensed vs. degenerate matter?

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The discussion centers on the relationship between condensed matter and degenerate matter, emphasizing the significant role of the Pauli exclusion principle in defining degenerate matter at low temperatures. It highlights the transitions between states of matter, specifically the step changes from crystal to liquid and liquid to gas, and the continuous transition in the supercritical region. The conversation also touches on the density behavior of gases under pressure and the importance of understanding these transitions for further exploration of matter states.

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How much is "condensed matter" "degenerate matter" and vice versa?
The transition between crystal and liquid is a step change between long range order and disorder.
The transition between liquid and gas is a step change at boiling point up to critical point - at pressures from around 30 to a few hundred bars for all substances except He and H2
In the supercritical region, the transition from gas to liquid is necessarily continuous transition.
What are the most useful/popular indicators of the liquid/gas transition in supercritical region?
Can the density of gas (as in, behaving on the gas side of liquid/gas transition) be said to increase with pressure?
 
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snorkack said:
How much is "condensed matter" "degenerate matter" and vice versa?
What are the DEFINITIONS of those terms?
 
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I think you need to do a bit more reading. Try Googling the difference between the two.
 
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