This has to do with matter and science.
2007-03-31 17:44:56 · 12 answers · asked by jazmine c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Solid to liquid would be like melting...and liquid to gas would be evaporation. Sooo....if you are looking for it to be one "thing" then I would go with:
ICE to WATER to MIST
2007-03-31 17:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by Lissa Ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat.
Heat causes molecules to vibrate. More heat means more vibration.
When bonded molecules in crystalline solids (like ice) vibrate enough, they will loosen their bonds to each other to become liquid (like water). Liquid is just a state where the heat is sufficient that the molecules are no longer tightly bond to each other; so they are free to flow over each other.
Gas (like steam) occurs when the heat is high enough that even the loose bonds allowing the molecules to flow over each other as a liquid are broken. Then the molecules are more or less free to move out in any direction.
Not all matter has the three states (solid, liquid, gas). Wood, for example, will simply burst into flames with sufficient heat.
The smoke and such off gased during a wood fire are not, I repeat not, the gaseous state of wood. One way to tell this is by reducing the heat to see if a liquid or a solid state piece of wood reappears. Clearly it will not. The best we'd have is ashes.
2007-03-31 18:00:01 · answer #2 · answered by oldprof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy in the form of heat.
For a given material, gaseous state has more energy then the liquid state and the liquid higher then the solid state.
2007-03-31 17:57:45 · answer #3 · answered by Answer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
melting makes solid to liquid, evaporating turns liquid to a gas
2007-03-31 17:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by tom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three states of matter are identified due to intermolecular spacing. This intermoleclar spacing is determined by the kinetic energy of the molecule. This kinetic energy is supplied by the heat energy. so the temperature ultimately determines the state of the substance and interconversions are accompalished.
2007-03-31 18:00:21 · answer #5 · answered by s. v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PV=nrT
Temperature
2007-03-31 17:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by Bobyns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat energy.
Solid to liquid, is the addition of Latent Heat of Melting. (With no change in temperature).
Liquid to Gas (Vapour), is the addition of Latent Heat of Vaporisation. (With no change in temperature).
2007-03-31 22:50:57 · answer #7 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Decrease in pressure or increase in temperature
2007-04-01 00:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by sonali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat
Consider this:
a block of ice is heated, becomes water.
Water is heated and becomes steam / vapor ( gas)
2007-03-31 18:07:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temperature and pressure.
Your refrigerator or air conditioner is the most common example
2007-03-31 17:50:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋