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Understanding the Gaseous State of Matter

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter, along with solids, liquids, and plasma. A gas can be composed of individual atoms, elemental molecules made of one type of atom, or compound molecules made of different types of atoms. Gases are distinguished from other states of matter by the large separation between individual gas particles. This separation means gases usually cannot be seen by the human eye. Gas particles are also only negligibly affected by electric and gravitational fields. Gases exist between liquids and plasma on the temperature scale, with quantum gases existing at extremely low temperatures.

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Understanding the Gaseous State of Matter

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter, along with solids, liquids, and plasma. A gas can be composed of individual atoms, elemental molecules made of one type of atom, or compound molecules made of different types of atoms. Gases are distinguished from other states of matter by the large separation between individual gas particles. This separation means gases usually cannot be seen by the human eye. Gas particles are also only negligibly affected by electric and gravitational fields. Gases exist between liquids and plasma on the temperature scale, with quantum gases existing at extremely low temperatures.

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Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, andplasma).

A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas or atomic gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or compound molecules made from a variety of atoms (e.g.carbon dioxide). A gas mixture would contain a variety of pure gases much like the air. What distinguishes a gas from liquids and solids is the vast separation of the individual gas particles. This separation usually makes a colorless gas invisible to the human observer. The interaction of gas particles in the presence of electric and gravitational fields are considered negligible as indicated by the constant velocity vectors in the image. The gaseous state of matter is found between the liquid and plasma states,[1] the latter of which provides the upper temperature boundary for gases. Bounding the lower end of the temperature scale lie degenerative quantum gases[2] which are gaining increasing attention.[3]High-density atomic gases super cooled to incredibly low temperatures are classified by their statistical behavior as either a Bose gas or aFermi gas. For a comprehensive listing of these exotic states of matter see list of states of matter.

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