How Do You Change The States Of Matter?

Question

Okay, how do you make one state of matter another? Basically.

What would I do to Ice to make it a liquid?
What would I do to Ice to make it a gas?

What would I do to water to make it a solid?
What would I do to water to make it a gas?

What would I do to mist to make it water?
What would I do to mist to make it ice?

Just wondering, thank you! =D

Btw, water was just my example, if you want to use carbon or granite or whatever in your response, idc. I just want to know what you do.

Answer 1

What would I do to Ice to make it a liquid?

You would need to give more energy to the solid water molecules so they become liquid. I would heat up the ice until it turns liquid.

What would I do to Ice to make it a gas?

I would do the same as above, but I would heat up the ice, then liquid, more intensely so I give enough energy to the water molecules to be in the gas state.

Also, if a gas is changed into a solid without going through the liquid state, the process is called sublimation.

What would I do to water to make it a solid?

You would need to take away energy from the liquid molecules. You could freeze it in the refrigerator because then, the water molecules will move slower and lose energy.

What would I do to water to make it a gas?

Heat the water molecules up until they have enough energy to flow in the air and thus, be in the gas state. This is called evaporation.

What would I do to mist to make it water?

Since mist is really gaseous water, you would need to take away energy from it to get it to liquid form: The process from turning a gas to liquid and a gas to solid is called condensation. Cooling mist would work.

What would I do to mist to make it ice?

Same idea as above, but you would cool it more intensely to take away more energy from the gaseous water particles so they become solid particles. Condensation also denotes change of state from gas to solid.

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Answer 2

Heat (and heat = the speed of molecular movement)

All matter has four states that it can exist in; solid, liquid, gas and plasma. The state of the matter depends on its melting, freezing and point where it turns to plasma. Each element and chemical compound has its own temperature based on its composition. Metals tend to have a high point because of their rigid crystal structure and gases have a lower point because they are not so tightly organized.

To change the states of matter you only have to add or remove heat. The pressure makes a difference, but that again relates to the crystal structure; under a higher pressure it takes more heat to melt or boil an element because the structure is held together better. When you are at high elevations (with lower air pressure) the boiling point drops.

You are familiar with solid iron, and you know that iron foundries have molten iron, but to find iron in its gas or plasma states you need temperatures and pressures like that in the sun. Nitrogen and Oxygen take a lot of cold to freeze them, and if you can get the temperature down low enough (toward absolute zero) you can turn them into a solid. Normally we can’t reach that kind of temperature with man made machines so we only see that in places like the dwarf planet Pluto. It is predicted that even helium will be frozen solid there.

The temperature of any item is a direct indication of the speed of molecular movement inside of it. The concept of absolute zero is an imaginary concept because it is impossible to stop all molecular movement. As you add heat to a material it will have its molecules move faster and at a certain point that movement will be fast enough to make the material a liquid and at an even high point it will become a gas and finally at a higher point it will become plasma. It is all based on how much heat and molecular movement is in the material.

Answer 3

If you know the how then you should know why. Changes in temperature cause the molecules in the matter to move faster or slower depending on an increase or decrease. Lower temperatures mean slower moving molecules making them turn into a solid( because they don't have the energy to move as much) and vice versa for increases in heat. Not sure if that's what you were asking.

Answer 4

There are five main states of matter. Solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, and Bose-Einstein condensates are all different states of matter. Each of these states is also known as a phase. Elements and compounds can move from one phase to another phase when special physical forces are present. One example of those forces is temperature. The phase or state of matter can change when the temperature changes. Generally, as the temperature rises, matter moves to a more active state.

Phase describes a physical state of matter. The key word to notice is physical. Things only move from one phase to another by physical means. If energy is added (like increasing the temperature or increasing pressure) or if energy is taken away (like freezing something or decreasing pressure) you have created a physical change.

One compound or element can move from phase to phase, but still be the same substance. You can see water vapor over a boiling pot of water. That vapor (or gas) can condense and become a drop of water. If you put that drop in the freezer, it would become a solid. No matter what phase it was in, it was always water. It always had the same chemical properties. On the other hand, a chemical change would change the way the water acted, eventually making it not water, but something completely new.


What would I do to Ice to make it a liquid?
(solid --> Liquid = Melting i.e. add heat)


What would I do to Ice to make it a gas?
(solid --> gas = sublimation
Sublimation of an element or compound is a transition from the solid to gas phase with no intermediate liquid stage. Sublimation is a phase transition that occurs at temperatures and pressures below the triple point.
At normal pressures, most chemical compounds and elements possess three different states at different temperatures. In these cases the transition from the solid to the gaseous state requires an intermediate liquid state. However, for some elements or substances at some pressures the material may transition directly from solid to the gaseous state. Note that the pressure referred to here is the vapor pressure of the substance, not the total pressure of the entire system.)



What would I do to water to make it a solid?
(Liquid --> solid = Freezing
All known liquids undergo freezing when the temperature is lowered with the sole exception of helium, which remains fluid at absolute zero and can only be solidified under pressure.)



What would I do to water to make it a gas?
(Liquid --> Gas = Vaporization i.e. add heat
There are two sorts of vaporization: evaporation and boiling.

Evaporation is a phase transition from the liquid phase to gas phase that occurs at temperatures below the critical temperature.

Boiling is a phase transition from the liquid phase to gas phase that occurs at temperatures above the critical temperature.)


What would I do to mist to make it water?
(gas --> liquid = condensation
Condensation commonly occurs when a vapor is cooled to a liquid, but can also occur if a vapor is compressed (i.e., pressure on it increased) into a liquid, or undergoes a combination of cooling and compression.
Or use a condenser. . A device or unit used to condense vapors into liquid is called a condenser. Condensers are used in heat exchangers which have various designs, and come in many sizes ranging from rather small (hand-held) to very large.

The water seen on the outside of a cold glass on a hot day is an example of condensation.)



What would I do to mist to make it ice?
(Gas --> solid = Deposition i.e. lower the temperature)

hope this helps:-D

Answer 5

To make ice Liquid, heat it up. To make ice straight into a gas is impossible because it must pass liquid form, but heat it well above boiling to form vapor, Freeze water to make it solid, Heat the water to above 212.F (100.C). Mist? allow it to condense on a cold surface. Vapor, cool it. Mist to ice, Cool it to well below 32.F (0.C). Heating will speed up the molecules, colling will slow them. 0.K (Kelvin) is absolute zero. The point of no moving molecules.

Answer 6

by decreasing temperature mostly to gas to liquid and to solid (freezing point)
by either increasing temp for solid to liquid(melting point) to gas

Answer 7

heat it
heat it even more

cooled it
heat it

condensation
cooled it