I need to know this before monday!please answer my question. say anything that will help me answer this question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-12-01 10:16:07 · 5 answers · asked by tesiebear 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It depends on what kind of matter. Is it solid? liquid? polar? non-polar? ionic? acidic? Your question is much too general.
2006-12-01 10:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suspect you want to know about hydrophobic and hydrophobic substances. "Hydro" means water, "philic" means loving, "phobic" mean fear (like in the word phobia).
If you have a hydrophobic surface, water will bead up on it - as if the water molecules are "scared" (phobic) of the surface and try to get away by piling on top of each other. An example is the surface of your car after you have just waxed it.
Other materials are hydrophilic, and the water molecules "love" these surfaces, and freely run all over them so they get wet all over.
Soap is an interesting example that is hydrophlic on one end of the molecule, and hydrophobic on the other end. So the hydrophobic end likes greases and oils, and the hydrophilic end likes water. So soap can help you use water to wash away a hydrophobic contamination because one end is attracted to the grease and the other end is attracted to the water!!
2006-12-01 19:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by WildOtter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is matter and matter is everything. You need to know what type of matter. Solids either dissolve, salt and ice, or just stay its original shape, rubber or metal. Some solids rust. Other liquids will just mix with water or ignore it completely. Gases might dissolve or won't go in.
2006-12-01 18:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by t_nguyen62791 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water IS matter !
2006-12-01 18:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Right 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't get it. Water is matter.
2006-12-01 18:19:38 · answer #5 · answered by Schnickle 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋