Know About States of Matter
State of matter Jump to navigation Jump to search The four fundamental states of matter. Clockwise from top left, they are solid, liquid, plasma, and gas, represented by an ice sculpture , a drop of water, electrical arcing from a tesla coil , and the air around clouds, respectively. In physics , a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist. Four states of matter are observable in everyday life: solid , liquid , gas , and plasma . Many other states are known to exist, such as glass or liquid crystal , and some only exist under extreme conditions, such as Bose–Einstein condensates , neutron-degenerate matter , and quark-gluon plasma , which only occur, respectively, in situations of extreme cold, extreme density, and extremely high-energy. Some other states are believed to be possible but remain theoretical for no...