States of Matter & Gas Laws
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States of Matter & Gas Laws
Packing Efficiency
The percentage of the total volume of a unit cell that is actually occupied by the constituent particles.
States of Matter & Gas LawsPartial Pressure
The pressure that one component of a gas mixture would exert if it alone occupied the whole volume.
States of Matter & Gas LawsPhase Diagram
A pressure–temperature plot showing which phase of a substance is thermodynamically stable under any given conditions.
States of Matter & Gas LawsPlasma
A state of matter consisting of a hot, electrically conducting mixture of ions and free electrons.
States of Matter & Gas LawsPolymorphism
The ability of a single substance to exist in more than one crystalline form.