gaseous state
Matter without shape
The gaseous state is one of the three classical states of matter, along with solid and liquid.
In this state, molecules move freely and expand to fill any container, with no fixed shape or volume.
Water enters the gaseous state as steam or vapor.
Matter in the gaseous state is highly compressible.
- Avogadro's lawGas volume proportional to quantity
- phase transitionMatter shifting between states
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- vanish into thin airDisappear completely and mysteriously
effusion · pressure · temperature · compressibility · air pressure · entropy · cloud · gas cloud · ideal gas law · density · Boyle's law · gas molecules · plasma · kinetic energy · atmosphere · vapor · steam engine · thermal expansion
states of matter
gaseous statesolid state
Using semiconductors, not tubes
solid · liquid state · liquid · liquid phase · frozen state