What is the difference between state and phase in terms of matter?
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What is the difference between State of Matter and Phase of Matter?
• A phase is a region with uniform chemical and physical properties and is separated by distinguishable boundaries.
• States of matter are the forms in which different phases can exist. Solid, liquid and gas are the most common states of matter on earth.
• In one state of matter, many forms of phases can exist. For example consider the bottle with gasoline and water. Both are in a liquid state, but in different phases. The same concept can be applied to solids, though the gasses tend to violate this, but not explicitly.....
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Phases are different from states of matter. The states of matter (e.g., liquid, solid, gas) are phases, but matter can exist in different phases yet the same state of matter.
A phase is a region of space where all physical and chemical properties are uniform. This means that for example the density, the chemical composition and the temperature is equal everywhere in the region. This will also mean that the state of matter (solid, liquid, gas, etc.) is equal everywhere.
A state of matter is a form that matter can take. Examples are solid, liquid, gas, plasma. There are some others that appear under extreme conditions.
For example, nitrogen and water at 50K are both solid, so they have the same state of matter. However the chemical composition is not the same and hence they don't have the same phase..
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