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    Matter can be classified based on its state as solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. Solids have a fixed shape and volume with particles packed closely together. Liquids have indefinite shapes but fixed volumes, with particles able to move around one another. Gases have indefinite shapes and volumes with particles having freedom of movement and empty space between them, making gases compressible. Matter can also be classified as pure substances, which have uniform compositions, or mixtures, which have varying compositions.

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    Matter can be classified based on its state as solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. Solids have a fixed shape and volume with particles packed closely together. Liquids have indefinite shapes but fixed volumes, with particles able to move around one another. Gases have indefinite shapes and volumes with particles having freedom of movement and empty space between them, making gases compressible. Matter can also be classified as pure substances, which have uniform compositions, or mixtures, which have varying compositions.

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    Matter can be classified based on its state as solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. Solids have a fixed shape and volume with particles packed closely together. Liquids have indefinite shapes but fixed volumes, with particles able to move around one another. Gases have indefinite shapes and volumes with particles having freedom of movement and empty space between them, making gases compressible. Matter can also be classified as pure substances, which have uniform compositions, or mixtures, which have varying compositions.

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    Classification of Matter

    Sunday, March 1, 2015

    1:43 PM

    Matter - Anything that has mass and occupies space


    We can classify matter based on whether it's solid, liquid, gas, or *plasma
    *The book I was studying from didn't teach plasma, but I saw that is was important to state
    that it is a state of matter.
    State

    Shape

    Volume

    Compressible Flow

    Solid

    Fixed

    Fixed

    No

    No

    Liquid

    Indefinite Fixed

    No

    Yes

    Gas

    Indefinite Indefinite Yes

    Yes

    Solids
    The particles in a solid are packed close together and are fixed in position
    They may vibrate and have some movement
    The close packing of the particles result in solids being incompressible
    Crystalline Solids - Solids that have their particles arranged in an orderly geometric pattern
    Amorphous Solids - Solids that have their particles randomly distributed without any long-range pattern
    Liquids
    He particles in a liquid are closely packed but they have some ability to move around
    The ability of the particles to move allows liquids to take the shape of their container and to flow
    Gases
    The particles in a gas have complete freedom from each other
    The particles are constantly flying around, bumping into each other and the container
    There is a lot of empty space between the gas particles*
    *On average
    Because the empty space, gas particles can be compressed
    Pure Substance - Matter whose composition does not change from one sample to another
    Mode of a single type of atom or molecule
    Because composition is always the same, all samples have the same characteristics
    Mixture - Matter whose composition may vary from one sample to another
    Two or more types of atoms or molecules combined in variable proportions
    Samples have different characteristics
    Elements - Pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substance by chemical reactions
    Basic building blocks of matter
    Composed of a single type of atom
    These atoms may or may not be combined into molecules
    Compounds - Pure substance that can be decomposed
    Chemical combinations of elements
    Composed of molecules that contain two or more different kinds of atoms
    All molecules of a compounds are identical, so all samples of a compound behave the same way

    Chemistry Page 1

    *Most natural pure substances are compounds


    Homogeneous - Mixtures that have uniform composition throughout
    Made of multiple substances, but appears to be one substance
    Every piece of a sample has identical characteristics through another sample with the same
    components may have different characteristics
    All proportions of a sample have the same composition and properties
    Heterogeneous - Mixture that does not have uniform composition throughout
    Contains regions within the sample with different characteristics
    Made of multiple substances, whose presence can be seen
    We can separate mixtures based on different physical properties of the components
    Physical Change - A change that alters the state or appearance of the matter without altering the
    composition
    Chemical Change - A change that alters the composition of the matter
    During the chemical change, the atoms that are present rearrange into new mlecules
    Physical Properties - The characteristics of matter that can be changes without changing its composition
    Characteristics that are directly observable
    Chemical Properties - The characteristics that determine how the composition of matter changes as a
    result of contact with other matter or the influence of energy
    Characteristics that describe the behavior of matter
    Common Changes:
    Physical

    Chemical

    Boiling

    Rusting

    Condensing Burning
    Melting
    Freezing
    Subliming
    Dissolving

    Chemistry Page 2

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