Chemistry Fact of the Day - Two

5 Phases:

Dancing Cornstarch Experiment:

Mix corn flour with water (enough to dissolve it [make it into a liquid]) and pour it into a large speaker connected to the computer (or any other device). Using a pure Sin wave (120 Hertz), a small hole will appear creating a moving "monster" [well a solid under the percussion of the music]. When you cut the sound, the corn starch falls to its original position when first poured into the speaker. 

Solid- Has a definite shape and volume.

Liquid- Particles are ready to flow.
Definite volume.

Gas- An air-like substance that will expand to

any space available to it. No definite shape

or volume.

Plasma- Electrically conductive. Usually formed

by heating or ionizing gasses.

Examples: lightning, stars, neon signs,

and florescent light bulbs.

Bose-Einstein Condensate- Form from matter

 that has been cooled near to absolute zero.

 Extremely fragile. (Any exposure to the outside 

world can be enough to break it down to the 

original atom.)