States of Matter & Gas Laws
9 terms
Capillary Action
The spontaneous rise or fall of a liquid in a narrow tube, driven by the balance between adhesion and cohesion.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCharles's Law
At constant pressure, the volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCombined Gas Law
The relation linking pressure, volume and temperature for a fixed amount of gas undergoing a change of state.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCompressibility Factor
The ratio of the actual molar volume of a gas to that predicted by the ideal gas law.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCondensation
The change of a substance from the gaseous to the liquid state, accompanied by the release of latent heat.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCritical Point
The unique combination of temperature and pressure at which the liquid and gas phases of a substance become indistinguishable.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCritical Temperature
The temperature above which a gas cannot be liquefied by pressure alone, however great.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCrystal Defect
Any irregularity that interrupts the perfectly ordered arrangement of particles in a crystal.
States of Matter & Gas LawsCrystalline Solid
A solid in which the constituent particles are arranged in a regular, repeating three-dimensional pattern extending over long distances.