what state of matter is clay?solid liquid or gas
2007-04-08 03:58:29 · 10 answers · asked by SARA 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
If you're talking about the gooey wet brown stuff, which I guess you are, that is a mixture of a solid (tiny rock particles) and liquid (water). If you heat wet clay, it eventually dries out and turns into (solid) powder, as the water all evaporates away.
I am not a chemist, but I think the name of this sort of mixture is a 'sol'.
2007-04-08 04:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by iMacThere4iAm 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Here's a response I found on the internet that I tend to agree with. Someone else asked this online in the last millennium...
But I also concur with the people defending your science teachers. There are a number of substances that demonstrate complicated phase changes, and their study could easily occupy a good deal of a chemistry Ph.D. candidate's time and effort.
Re: Is clay a solid, liquid, or gas?
Date: Fri Jan 22 00:49:45 1999
Posted By: Ken Johnsen, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 916948508.Ch Message:
Modeling clay is a mixture of a solid [hydrated aluminum silicate --Al2O3SiO2-
xH2O] with water [H2O]
Water is the continuous phase in modeling clay and the mixture is properly
described as a liquid, albeit a very viscous one. Given sufficient time the
clay will flow to fill the container it is placed in.
Upon firing a clay object in an oven or kiln, the water is driven off and the
resultant anhydrous object becomes a solid.
2007-04-08 19:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by ihatedecaf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clay is a solid at room temperature pressure and at room temperature. However, at a higher temperature and pressure it can be a liquid. Clay never changes into a gas though.
(despite everyone saying your science teacher is a dunce, he is not that bad really)
2007-04-08 04:15:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clay is a solid. It can not be classified as either a liquid or a gas for a number of reasons. To name one; clay can not naturally comfort to the shape of its container without applying pressure.
2007-04-08 04:04:56 · answer #4 · answered by petegalipeau 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
clay is a solid.
Dried out, clay is a mass of tiny aggregate particles, (each one of which, is a solid).
It is only added water that makes it seem like a thick, gloppy liquid...
2007-04-08 04:13:24 · answer #5 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clay is a solid
2007-04-08 07:53:29 · answer #6 · answered by Riyah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't specify at what temperature and pressure you're speaking of, but I assume you're speaking of standard temp and pressure. At STP, clay is classified as a solid.
2007-04-08 04:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by sciencewiz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your science teacher is a dump .......clay is a solid
2007-04-08 04:08:30 · answer #8 · answered by nijas 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
solid... you need a new science teacher
2007-04-08 04:03:25 · answer #9 · answered by Saint Lucipher 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
solid and a liquid! fo sho
2007-04-08 04:05:35 · answer #10 · answered by Cool Chick 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋