States of Matter

Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the phase change. Change the temperature or volume of a container and see a pressure-temperature diagram respond in real time. Relate the interaction potential to the forces between molecules. • Describe a molecular model for solids, liquids, and gases. • Extend this model to phase changes. • Describe how heating or cooling changes the behavior of the molecules. • Describe how changing the volume can affect temperature, pressure, and state. • Relate a pressure-temperature diagram to the behavior of molecules. • Interpret graphs of interatomic potential. • Describe how forces on atoms relate to the interaction potential. • Describe the physical meaning of the parameters in the Lennard-Jones potential, and how this relates to the molecule behavior.

Topics

  • interaction potential
  • states of matter
  • dipole
  • atomic bonding
  • solid
  • liquid
  • gas
  • molecule
  • heat
  • phase change
  • phase
  • temperature
  • volume
  • pressure-temperature diagram
  • forces
  • intermolecular forces