AMHERST — While in our everyday lives, we only interact with three states of matter — solid, liquid and gas. But, when dealing with quantum matter and mechanics, many more states exist. Now, a ...

The arrangement, movement and spacing of particles are different in solids, liquids and gases. Find out more with BBC Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

Plasma is in fact called “the fourth state of matter” along with solids, liquids and gases. It consists of a fully ionized or partially ionized gas, containing ions, electrons and neutral atoms. At ...

Scientists have observed transitions into and out of an exotic state of matter found between liquid and solid in 2-D materials (Sci. Rep. 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80082-x). The hexatic phase ...

Find out what particle arrangements and movements are in solids, liquids, and gases in this BBC Bitesize KS3 physics guide.

Until now, the atoms in physical material were understood to exist typically in one of three states - solid, liquid or gas. Researchers have found, however, that some elements can, when subjected ...

Gases Matter in this state has no structured arrangement and like a liquid, will take the shape of its container, but unlike a liquid, will also expand to fill it. The particles in a gas are ...

As a small particle of potassium metal is dropped into a test tube of water, it moves around vigorously—melts, fizzes, and even jumps, changing into bubbles of hydrogen gas and potassium hydroxide.

Molecules in a gas are more widely dispersed, freely moving around without obstructing one another. In a liquid, however, they rub up against each other, and in a solid they are so packed together ...

Heat up a solid cube of water (aka ice), and when it reaches a certain temperature, it changes phases into a liquid. Keep cranking the heat, and eventually, you'll have a gas: water vapor.