Students will be able to investigate the arrangement of particles of matter as changes of state are occurring.
Real world applications
Materials can exist in three states: solid, liquid, or gas. Knowing what temperatures a material melts or vaporizes at is helpful for storing materials.
Water
Bromine
Benzene
Temperature (ºC)
Heat (kJ)
Temperature (ºC)
Heat (kJ)
Temperature (ºC)
Heat (kJ)
Select a solid to heat and examine the temperature as the state changes. Then zoom in on the graph to examine molecular views of the states.