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Many other materials can be in three states. It depends on the temperature!
Near the 'triple point' the three phases exist together.

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2006-11-15 00:47:38 · answer #1 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0 0

Many materials exist in all three states but not at the same temperatures associated with water. For example, gasoline can be frozen 'solid' except it becomes waxy rather than like a rock. Wax candles exist as solid, liquid and vapor while burning. Steel is solid at room temperature but can be melted in a furnace and even vaporized at extreme temperatures. Some elements like sulfur can change from a solid to a vapor without becoming a liquid first via sublimation (but ice can sublimate and evaporate in a freezer too!). In addition to the three common states of matter, matter can also be ionized with one or even all electrons stripped to form a plasma. Nonetheless, water is the most common matter that we experience every day in all three states. As temperature increases, the bonds between atoms and molecules are weakened allowing more and more freedom to move.

2006-11-15 00:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by Kes 7 · 1 0

Wrong. There are many other materials that can exist in all 3 states. Go get yourself a physics/chemistry book

2006-11-15 00:47:42 · answer #3 · answered by sunline 3 · 0 0

all gases

2015-11-08 05:10:47 · answer #4 · answered by 137 2 · 0 0

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