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Fluids
Liquids and gases are both fluids:
a fluid is any substance that flows
and takes the shape of its
container.
Fluids
Liquids and gases are both fluids:
a fluid is any substance that flows
and takes the shape of its
container.
Evaporation: a liquid
molecule becoming
a gas molecule.
Plasma
Note that there is a 4th state of matter
called plasma which has free electrons
that can conduct electricity and be
influenced by magnetic fields.
It is similar to a gas in its properties.
Compressibility
Gases are therefore highly
compressible: their
particles can be forced
back closer together.
Density
This means that their density,
their mass per unit volume, is
variable.
Density
This means that their density,
their mass per unit volume, is
variable.
Density
This means that their density,
their mass per unit volume, is
variable.
m m
D m D V V
V D
Density
This means that their density,
their mass per unit volume, is
variable.
m m
D m D V V
V D
4.00 m
More About Density
Density is a characteristic property
of a substance: any sample of a
pure substance at the same
temperature and pressure has
the same density.