(gases can't be seen)
2007-01-13 13:18:57 · 15 answers · asked by El Nino 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Solid aerosol - Smoke consists of tiny (microscopic or even smaller) particles of solid suspended in the air. So it is really a two phase system -- solid and gas.It is properly called a solid aerosol.
Solid or liquid in gas dispersions are known as solid or liquid aerosols. They include fumes, smokes, haze, and fog.
2007-01-13 13:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin C 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The guy at the top has it right, it's a solid aerosol.
Many gasses can be seen. Bromine gas is brown, and Chlorine gas is green. I live south of a chlorine production plant along a river. When they have a leak, you can visibly see a green fog leaving the plant. It's truly scary to see it travel across the ground toward the river where it mixes with the water and becomes harmless.
2007-01-13 15:31:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lucky Luke 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Smoke belongs to the colloidal state of matter in which the solid particles of dispersed phase are in the dispersion medium(gas).
2007-01-14 02:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by pankaj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not all gases can't be seen, for example, bromine gas is brown in colour...
but i don't think smoke is a gas becouse it seems contain of tiny solid particles..
2007-01-13 13:23:33 · answer #4 · answered by nuur 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The thing is, I think smoke is made of several different things, so you would need to know their states of matter.
By the way, fog is water vapor, considered a gas, and you can definitely see it.
2007-01-13 13:22:11 · answer #5 · answered by booda2009 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
solid particles dispersed in gas. like the guy said.
they call them aerosols. can be liquid or solid particles.
liquid -- mist
2007-01-13 13:24:08 · answer #6 · answered by farmer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a gas, despite your belief about gases
2007-01-13 13:21:56 · answer #7 · answered by T Time 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
it would be a mixture of gas and solid (although the solid would be very fine ash)
2007-01-13 13:26:42 · answer #8 · answered by Dobby_Baxter 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
mostly solids. particulate matter of the material being burnt... ash.
2007-01-13 13:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by emkay4597 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
smoke is many many small solids, that are lighter than air
steam is a gas and you can see it?
2007-01-13 13:23:44 · answer #10 · answered by irssvt 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋