Timeline for Why does matter exist in 3 states (liquids, solid, gas)?
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| Mar 31, 2016 at 5:40 | comment | added | user2820579 | What about critical phenomena? This is another "strange" state of matter :) | |
| Mar 19, 2016 at 4:23 | answer | added | Chaitanya Murthy | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 14:05 | comment | added | IS4 | @RandomUser There are only three states, and the rest are phases, like plasma. | |
| Mar 13, 2016 at 21:40 | comment | added | Hot Licks | The general answer is that matter exists in lots of states, but is only available for recreational use in those three. | |
| Mar 13, 2016 at 17:40 | comment | added | Beta | @craq: It's worth pointing out that as far as we know, Bose-Einstein condensates exist only on Earth. Take that, universe! | |
| Mar 13, 2016 at 11:13 | comment | added | Laurence | For the "why" of physical phenomona you'll have to consult a theologist! But science is pretty good at "how". And when there are clear boundaries (or even fuzzy ones) between the way a material behaves at different tepperatures, it makes sense to give the regions names. | |
| Mar 12, 2016 at 21:33 | comment | added | Maxwell Zhao | @Plutor I remember Dark Matter being the most common state of matter... | |
| Mar 12, 2016 at 8:35 | comment | added | alfC | Except, maybe for solid and fluid (good for @Agent_L) all the other states mentioned are actually a continuum (e.g., there are no well defined boundaries to distinguish a gas from a liquid). Therefore I would say that there is nothing fundamental about the number 3 (or 4) except to what (how many) states our mind can imagine. (The fundamental concept is symmetry breaking --and even that, can tricky to define precisely--). | |
| Mar 11, 2016 at 15:20 | answer | added | Yakk | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 11, 2016 at 11:53 | comment | added | yatima2975 | This is beginning to sound like the Spanish Inquisition :) "The four fundamental states of matter are solid, liquid, gas, plasma and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope..." | |
| Mar 11, 2016 at 11:02 | comment | added | craq | make that 28 states en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_of_matter | |
| Mar 11, 2016 at 11:00 | comment | added | craq | @RandomUser Five states* - You're forgetting Bose-Einstein Condensates. I have a feeling this game could go on for a while... | |
| Mar 11, 2016 at 3:11 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | Might Philosophy be better suited for this philosophical why question? | |
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| Mar 10, 2016 at 14:03 | comment | added | Agent_L | I personally choose to recognize only 2 states: solid and fluid. Just because I can. | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 9:57 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Plutor: but it's not particularly common on earth, which is probably why the questioner missed it considering that they're asking about the earth. Sure, they shouldn't have overlooked it, but people do compartmentalise. The questioner also hasn't mentioned any states that dark matter might attain on earth, but perhaps that's even more understandable. Whatever those states are, they may well be more common in the universe (by mass) than plasma :-) | |
| Mar 10, 2016 at 0:56 | comment | added | Plutor | Not only does the question leave off a state of matter, but (as far as we know), plasma is the most common state of matter in the universe. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 20:44 | answer | added | Cort Ammon | timeline score: 17 | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 19:01 | comment | added | Michael | @RandomUser Four fundamental states... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_matter lists well over 20 states of matter, although what exactly is "fundamental" about the first four is probably an artifact of history and existence as baryonic creates. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 18:40 | comment | added | DividedByZero | Four states* - You're forgetting plasma ;) | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 16:24 | comment | added | Mason Wheeler | It's not always that simple. Just off the top of my head, common table sugar has 9 different "liquid" states, and it's important to be able to differentiate between them for making candy. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/707574178602459137 | ||
| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:35 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 38 | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:27 | answer | added | Luaan | timeline score: 11 | |
| S Mar 9, 2016 at 12:52 | history | edited | ACuriousMind♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 12:41 | answer | added | leftaroundabout | timeline score: 163 | |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 9:55 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 7:05 | answer | added | hxri | timeline score: 18 | |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 6:27 | history | asked | Kiran Kumar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |