The discussion revolves around the various states of matter, including traditional states like solid, liquid, gas, and plasma, as well as more exotic states such as Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) and quark-gluon plasma. Participants explore the definitions, characteristics, and distinctions between "states" and "phases" of matter, and raise questions about specific states under extreme conditions, such as near black holes or immediately after the Big Bang.
Participants express a range of views on the definitions and classifications of states and phases of matter, with no consensus reached on several points, including the validity of "epsilon" as a state of matter and the classification of glass. The discussion remains unresolved on many aspects, reflecting differing interpretations and understandings.
Some claims about states of matter depend on specific definitions and contexts, such as temperature and pressure conditions. The discussion includes unresolved questions about latent heat and the behavior of matter under extreme conditions.
Originally posted by Chi Meson
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma, and Texas
Originally posted by benzun_1999
Could you please tell me more about texas state of matter?[?]
Bose-Einstein condensates are not at absolute zero. They can occur in principal at any temperature, though in practice they usually occur at very low temperatures. Absolute zero is unobtainable, in this unvierse anyway.Originally posted by benzun_1999
i know about 5 states of matter - solid,liquid,gases,plasma,absolute zero(BEC).
A superfluid is a Bose-Einstein condensate.and to add up to this fz told about superfluid. are there more?
No.is beam a state of matter?
Originally posted by Chi Meson
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma, and Texas
A Bose-Einstein condensate is a (usually) very cold substance in which all of the atoms enter the same quantum (ground) state. Because all of the atoms are in the same quantum state, they move as one, and display quantum-mechanical properties at macroscopic scales. Some examples: so-called superfluids like ultracold liquid Helium-4 are Bose-Einstein condensates. The superfluids flow without viscosity, and can flow up the sides of a container, or easily through microscopic pores. They also demonstrate the quantization of angular momentum.Originally posted by S = k log w
What is BEC?
Not that I'm aware of. The general progression of "phases" in a collapsing star are:Isn't there a state of matter for matter under exreeme pressure and temp. called epsilon?
There must be -- the ionization of the gas' atoms takes energy. The newly-freed electrons don't contribute much to the total internal energy of the gas anyway.Originally posted by Chi Meson
I hope no one minds if I repeat my question: is there any sort of "plateau" in a temperature-heat curve as a gas changes into a plasma state?
That was my inclination. So a plasma is not a plasma until ALL the electrons are gone? THis would mean that the interior of stars are totally without electrons. ANd if so, where are all those electrons?Originally posted by chroot
There must be -- the ionization of the gas' atoms takes energy. The newly-freed electrons don't contribute much to the total internal energy of the gas anyway.
- Warren
Well, if the gas is half ionized, it's neither gas nor plasma, but both -- just as ice floating in water is neither solid nor liquid, but both.Originally posted by Chi Meson
That was my inclination. So a plasma is not a plasma until ALL the electrons are gone? THis would mean that the interior of stars are totally without electrons. ANd if so, where are all those electrons?
Originally posted by philipc
How about Glass, a super cooled liquid or a solid? Or does that depend on you viewing it! I’ve even seen it argued that glass is it’s own state of matter?
Philip