states of matter vocab

Janice H. (United States of America)
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  1. covalent
    of or relating to or characterized by covalence
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    Covalent solids -- These substance appear as a single giant molecule made up of an almost endless number of covalent bonds.
  2. covalent bond
    a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule
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    Covalent solids -- These substance appear as a single giant molecule made up of an almost endless number of covalent bonds.
  3. nanometer
    a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
    Sometimes called frozen smoke, aerogels are open-cell polymers with pores less than 50 nanometers in diameter.
  4. polystyrene
    a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic
    In addition many polymers such as polystyrene are amorphous.Amorphous solids can exist in two distinct states, the 'rubbery' state and the 'glassy' state.
  5. attractive force
    the force by which one object attracts another
    This is because gas particle have enough energy to overcome attractive forces.
Created on Mon Nov 02 10:48:38 EST 2009

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