Water Phase Change Graph

Solid

• A solid has a definite shape and volume

• The particles are packed tightly together and the only motion is vibration.

Liquid

• A liquid has a definite volume, but takes the shape of its container

• The particles are also tightly packed, almost as close as a solid, but the particles are free to move

Gas

• A gas has no definite shape and no definite volume.

• The high energy particles move freely

• click here to see animations of a solid, liquid and gas

animations

• Solids, liquids and gases in containers

• Molecular level phases

Heat (thermal energy)

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liquid

gas

Water Phase Change Graph

Heat (thermal energy)

Tem

pera

ture

º C

.

100

0

A

B

C

D

E

solid

liquid

gas

Heat (thermal energy)

Tem

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ture

º C

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100

0

A

B

C

DE

melting

freezing

condensing

boiling

http://mutuslab.cs.uwindsor.ca/schurko/animations/phasesofmatter/phasesofmatter.html

And an animation of the phase changes of water