States of Matter & Gas Laws

4 terms

The energy absorbed or released when a substance changes state, with no accompanying change in temperature.

The conversion of a gas into a liquid by cooling below its critical temperature and applying pressure.

A state of matter that flows like a liquid but retains some of the molecular ordering of a crystal.

The state of matter with a definite volume but no fixed shape, in which particles are close together yet free to move past one another.