We were told to figure it out, but I can't find an answer as to what it is so that I can actually understand what it is. All I know is that it's the sixth state of matter.
2006-09-12 11:38:13 · 3 answers · asked by Kay 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
As the temperature of matter gets colder and colder, it loses more and more energy, so the electrons orbit the nucleus' of the atoms slower and slower. When matter reaches absolute zero (-273 C), then the electrons come to a complete stop. Then you have a Bose-Einstein Condensate.
2006-09-12 11:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by teh_n00b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Bose–Einstein condensate is a phase of matter formed by bosons cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero. The first such condensate was produced by Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman in 1995 at the University of Colorado at Boulder NIST- JILA lab, using a gas of rubidium atoms cooled to 170 nanokelvin (nK). Under such conditions, a large fraction of the atoms collapse into the lowest quantum state, at which point quantum effects become apparent on a macroscopic scale
2006-09-12 11:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by Lisandro V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Wikipedia---- it is explained beautifully!
2006-09-12 11:46:13 · answer #3 · answered by rjr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋