Chemistry Flashcards
What is matter and what makes up matter?
Matter is a physical object/thing that takes up space. Matter is made out of molecules and atoms.
Evaporation
The process of turning liquid into a vapour or gas.
Vapour
A substance suspended in the air (normally liquid droplets in the air.)
Fumes
Gases or vapour with a strong smell or is dangerous to inhale.
Boiling
At or near boiling point
Condensation
Water collects on a cold surface when humid air comes in contact with it.
Melting
Make or become liquified by heating
Freezing
Below 0°c - when liquids turn to solids
Sublimation
When anything solid turns into a gas without belting first Eg. Snow turns into steam without melting first
Volatile
When substances easily evaporate in normal temperatures
Solidification
To make something solid
Deposition
Changing from a gas into a solid
Particle density: solid
Particles are closely packed together
Particle density: liquid
Looser density that tend to move freely but still kind of close together
Particle density: gases
Move completely randomly in the space
What did Archimedes find out?
The amount of water displaced is equal to the volume of the object
Melting and boiling point
The temperature at which the substance melts and boils.
Strength
- Tensile strength is the force needed to break a stretched piece of wire
- Compressional strength is the measure a substance can stand before it is crushed
Hardness
The ability for a substance to scratch another substance
- The harder the substance the greater the force holding the particles together.
- The harder the substance the higher the melting point
Viscosity
The thickness or “gooiness” of a liquid
Conductivity
How easily something can move through something
Electrical conductivity
How well electrical current flows through a substance
Thermal conductivity
How well heat flows through a substance
Refractive index
The measure of how light bends through a substance
Heat capacity
The measure of how much heat is needed to increase the temperature of a substance
Compressibility
- The ability of a substance yo be compressed or squashed
- Liquids and solids can’t be compressed
Can liquids solids and gases be compressed
Liquids and solids can’t be compressed but gases can
Diffusion
Gas particles move freely to take up all the space they can
Density
The mass of a certain volume of a substance
How can heat affect solids, liquids and gases?
Solids- heat can change solids into a liquid
Liquids- heat can change Liquids into a gas
Gas- when gas heats up in the particles get faster and builds up the pressure