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States of Matter & Gas Laws

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Packing Efficiency

The percentage of the total volume of a unit cell that is actually occupied by the constituent particles.

(volume of atoms / cell volume) × 100 Dimensionless
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Partial Pressure

The pressure that one component of a gas mixture would exert if it alone occupied the whole volume.

p_i = x_i × p_total Pa
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Phase Diagram

A pressure–temperature plot showing which phase of a substance is thermodynamically stable under any given conditions.

Pa, K
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Plasma

A state of matter consisting of a hot, electrically conducting mixture of ions and free electrons.

K
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Polymorphism

The ability of a single substance to exist in more than one crystalline form.

Dimensionless