ବ୍ୟବହାରକାରୀ:Snip1/ପଦାର୍ଥର ଅବସ୍ଥା
ପଦାର୍ଥ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଅନୁସାରେ ପଦାର୍ଥ ଧାରଣ କରୁଥିବା ସ୍ଵତନ୍ତ୍ର ରୂପକୁ ପଦାର୍ଥର ଅବସ୍ଥା କୁହାଯାଏ । ଦୈନନ୍ଦିନ ଜୀବନରେ ମୁଖ୍ୟତଃ ପଦାର୍ଥର ଚାରୋଟି ଅବସ୍ଥା ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ଗୋଚର ହୋଇଥାଏ: କଠିନ, ତରଳ, ଗ୍ୟାସୀୟ, ଓ ପ୍ଲାଜ୍ମା । ପଦାର୍ଥର ଆହୁରି ଅନେକ ଅବସ୍ଥା ରହିଛି, ଯେପରିକି ବୋଷ୍-ଆଇନ୍ଷ୍ଟାଇନ୍ କଣ୍ଡେନ୍ସେଟ୍ ଏବଂ ନିଉଟ୍ରନ୍-ଡିଜେନେରେଟ୍ ମ୍ୟାଟର୍ । କିନ୍ତୁ ଏଗୁଡିକ କେବଳ ଚରମ ପରିସ୍ଥିତିରେ (extreme situation) ଦେଖାଯାଇଥାଏ ଯେପରିକି ଅତ୍ୟଧିକ ଥଣ୍ଡା କିମ୍ବା ଅତ୍ୟଧିକ ଘନ ପଦାର୍ଥ । ଅନ୍ୟ କିଛି ଅବସ୍ଥା, ଯଥା କ୍ଵାକ୍-ଗ୍ଲୁଅନ୍ ପ୍ଲାଜ୍ମାର ଗଠନ ବିଶ୍ଵାସ କରାଯାଉଥିଲେବି ବାସ୍ତବରେ ଏହାକୁ ଗଢାଯାଇ ନାହିଁ । ପଦାର୍ଥର ଏହି ଅଦ୍ଭୁତ ଅବସ୍ଥା ଗୁଡ଼ିକର ସଂପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ତାଲିକା ପାଇଁ ପଦାର୍ଥର ଅବସ୍ଥା ଗୁଡ଼ିକର ତାଲିକା ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ ।
Historically, the distinction is made based on qualitative differences in properties. Matter in the solid state maintains a fixed volume and shape, with component particles (atoms, molecules or ions) close together and fixed into place. Matter in the liquid state maintains a fixed volume, but has a variable shape that adapts to fit its container. Its particles are still close together but move freely. Matter in the gaseous state has both variable volume and shape, adapting both to fit its container. Its particles are neither close together nor fixed in place. Matter in the plasma state has variable volume and shape, but as well as neutral atoms, it contains a significant number of ions and electrons, both of which can move around freely. Plasma is the most common form of visible matter in the universe.[୧]
The four fundamental states
ସମ୍ପାଦନାକଠିନ
ସମ୍ପାଦନାକଠିନ ପଦାର୍ଥରେ କଣିକା ଗୁଡ଼ିକ (ଅଣୁ, ପରମାଣୁ କିମ୍ବା ଆୟନ ଗୁଡ଼ିକ) ବହୁତ ପାଖାପାଖି ରହିଥାନ୍ତି । କଣିକା ଗୁଡ଼ିକ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଆକର୍ଷଣ ଏତେ ଅଧିକ ଥାଏ ଯେ ସେମାନେ ସ୍ଵାଧୀନ ଭାବେ ବିଚରଣ କରିପାରନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ କେବଳ କମ୍ପନ (vibrate) ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିପାରନ୍ତି । ଏଣୁ କଠିନ ପଦାର୍ଥ ଗୁଡ଼ିକର ସ୍ଥିର, ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧିଷ୍ଟ ଆକାର ଓ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧିଷ୍ଟ ଆୟତନ ରହିଛି । ଭାଙ୍ଗିବା କିମ୍ବା କାଟିବା ସମୟରେ, ବଳ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ ଦ୍ଵାରା ହିଁ କଠିନ ପଦାର୍ଥର ଆକାର ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ ହୋଇଥାଏ ।
କ୍ରିଷ୍ଟାଲାଇନ୍ କଠିନରେ, କଣିକା ଗୁଡ଼ିକ (ଅଣୁ, ପରମାଣୁ କିମ୍ବା ଆୟନ ) ନିର୍ଦ୍ଧିଷ୍ଟ ଶୃଙ୍ଖଳାରେ ପ୍ୟାକ୍ (packed in regular order) ହୋଇଥାନ୍ତି । ଏଥିରେ ଗୋଟିଏ ପ୍ରକାରର ଆକାରର (pattern) ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତି ହୋଇଥାଏ । ସ୍ପଟିକର ବହୁବିଧ ସଂରଚନା (crystal structures) ରହିଥାଏ; ଏପରିକି ଗୋଟିଏ ପଦାର୍ଥର ଏକାଧିକ ସଂରଚନା (କିମ୍ବା କଠିନ ଫେଜ୍ / solid phase) ଦେଖିବାକୁ ମିଳେ । ଯଥା, ଲୁହାରେ ୯୧୨ °C ତାପମାତ୍ରା ତଳେ body-centred cubic ଏବଂ ୯୧୨ ରୁ ୧୩୯୪ °C ମଧ୍ୟରେ face-centred cubic ସଂରଚନା ଦେଖାଯାଇଥାଏ । Ice has fifteen known crystal structures, or fifteen solid phases, which exist at various temperatures and pressures.[୨]
Glasses and other non-crystalline, amorphous solids without long-range order are not thermal equilibrium ground states; therefore they are described below as nonclassical states of matter.
Solids can be transformed into liquids by melting, and liquids can be transformed into solids by freezing. Solids can also change directly into gases through the process of sublimation.
Liquid
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. The volume is definite if the temperature and pressure are constant. When a solid is heated above its melting point, it becomes liquid, given that the pressure is higher than the triple point of the substance. Intermolecular (or interatomic or interionic) forces are still important, but the molecules have enough energy to move relative to each other and the structure is mobile. This means that the shape of a liquid is not definite but is determined by its container. The volume is usually greater than that of the corresponding solid, the best known exception being water, H2O. The highest temperature at which a given liquid can exist is its critical temperature.[୩]
Gas
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA gas is a compressible fluid. Not only will a gas conform to the shape of its container but it will also expand to fill the container.
In a gas, the molecules have enough kinetic energy so that the effect of intermolecular forces is small (or zero for an ideal gas), and the typical distance between neighboring molecules is much greater than the molecular size. A gas has no definite shape or volume, but occupies the entire container in which it is confined. A liquid may be converted to a gas by heating at constant pressure to the boiling point, or else by reducing the pressure at constant temperature.
At temperatures below its critical temperature, a gas is also called a vapor, and can be liquefied by compression alone without cooling. A vapour can exist in equilibrium with a liquid (or solid), in which case the gas pressure equals the vapor pressure of the liquid (or solid).
A supercritical fluid (SCF) is a gas whose temperature and pressure are above the critical temperature and critical pressure respectively. In this state, the distinction between liquid and gas disappears. A supercritical fluid has the physical properties of a gas, but its high density confers solvent properties in some cases, which leads to useful applications. For example, supercritical carbon dioxide is used to extract caffeine in the manufacture of decaffeinated coffee.[୪]
Plasma
ସମ୍ପାଦନାLike a gas, plasma does not have definite shape or volume. Unlike gases, plasmas are electrically conductive, produce magnetic fields and electric currents, and respond strongly to electromagnetic forces. Positively charged nuclei swim in a "sea" of freely-moving disassociated electrons, similar to the way such charges exist in conductive metal. In fact it is this electron "sea" that allows matter in the plasma state to conduct electricity.
The plasma state is often misunderstood, but it is actually quite common on Earth, and the majority of people observe it on a regular basis without even realizing it. Fire, lightning, electric sparks, fluorescent lights, neon lights, plasma televisions, and the stars are all examples of illuminated matter in the plasma state.
A gas is usually converted to a plasma in one of two ways, either from a huge voltage difference between two points, or by exposing it to extremely high temperatures.
Heating matter to high temperatures causes electrons to leave the atoms, resulting in the presence of free electrons. At very high temperatures, such as those present in stars, it is assumed that essentially all electrons are "free", and that a very high-energy plasma is essentially bare nuclei swimming in a sea of electrons.
Phase transitions
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA state of matter is also characterized by phase transitions. A phase transition indicates a change in structure and can be recognized by an abrupt change in properties. A distinct state of matter can be defined as any set of states distinguished from any other set of states by a phase transition. Water can be said to have several distinct solid states.[୫] The appearance of superconductivity is associated with a phase transition, so there are superconductive states. Likewise, ferromagnetic states are demarcated by phase transitions and have distinctive properties. When the change of state occurs in stages the intermediate steps are called mesophases. Such phases have been exploited by the introduction of liquid crystal technology. [୬][୭]
The state or phase of a given set of matter can change depending on pressure and temperature conditions, transitioning to other phases as these conditions change to favor their existence; for example, solid transitions to liquid with an increase in temperature. Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point, boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons are so energized that they leave their parent atoms.
Forms of matter that are not composed of molecules and are organized by different forces can also be considered different states of matter. Superfluids (like Fermionic condensate) and the quark–gluon plasma are examples.
In a chemical equation, the state of matter of the chemicals may be shown as (s) for solid, (l) for liquid, and (g) for gas. An aqueous solution is denoted (aq). Matter in the plasma state is seldom used (if at all) in chemical equations, so there is no standard symbol to denote it. In the rare equations that plasma is used in plasma is symbolized as (p).
Non-classical states
ସମ୍ପାଦନାGlass
ସମ୍ପାଦନାGlass is a non-crystalline or amorphous solid material that exhibits a glass transition when heated towards the liquid state. Glasses can be made of quite different classes of materials: inorganic networks (such as window glass, made of silicate plus additives), metallic alloys, ionic melts, aqueous solutions, molecular liquids, and polymers. Thermodynamically, a glass is in a metastable state with respect to its crystalline counterpart. The conversion rate, however, is practically zero.
Crystals with some degree of disorder
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA plastic crystal is a molecular solid with long-range positional order but with constituent molecules retaining rotational freedom; in an orientational glass this degree of freedom is frozen in a quenched disordered state.
Similarly, in a spin glass magnetic disorder is frozen.
Liquid crystal states
ସମ୍ପାଦନାLiquid crystal states have properties intermediate between mobile liquids and ordered solids. Generally, they are able to flow like a liquid, but exhibiting long-range order. For example, the nematic phase consists of long rod-like molecules such as para-azoxyanisole, which is nematic in the temperature range 118–136 °C.[୮] In this state the molecules flow as in a liquid, but they all point in the same direction (within each domain) and cannot rotate freely.
Other types of liquid crystals are described in the main article on these states. Several types have technological importance, for example, in liquid crystal displays.
Magnetically ordered
ସମ୍ପାଦନାTransition metal atoms often have magnetic moments due to the net spin of electrons that remain unpaired and do not form chemical bonds. In some solids the magnetic moments on different atoms are ordered and can form a ferromagnet, an antiferromagnet or a ferrimagnet.
In a ferromagnet—for instance, solid iron—the magnetic moment on each atom is aligned in the same direction (within a magnetic domain). If the domains are also aligned, the solid is a permanent magnet, which is magnetic even in the absence of an external magnetic field. The magnetization disappears when the magnet is heated to the Curie point, which for iron is 768 °C.
An antiferromagnet has two networks of equal and opposite magnetic moments, which cancel each other out so that the net magnetization is zero. For example, in nickel(II) oxide (NiO), half the nickel atoms have moments aligned in one direction and half in the opposite direction.
In a ferrimagnet, the two networks of magnetic moments are opposite but unequal, so that cancellation is incomplete and there is a non-zero net magnetization. An example is magnetite (Fe3O4), which contains Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions with different magnetic moments.
Microphase-separated
ସମ୍ପାଦନାCopolymers can undergo microphase separation to form a diverse array of periodic nanostructures, as shown in the example of the styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer shown at right. Microphase separation can be understood by analogy to the phase separation between oil and water. Due to chemical incompatibility between the blocks, block copolymers undergo a similar phase separation. However, because the blocks are covalently bonded to each other, they cannot demix macroscopically as water and oil can, and so instead the blocks form nanometer-sized structures. Depending on the relative lengths of each block and the overall block topology of the polymer, many morphologies can be obtained, each its own phase of matter.
Quantum spin liquid
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA disordered state in a system of interacting quantum spins which preserves its disorder to very low temperatures, unlike other disordered states.
Low-temperature states
ସମ୍ପାଦନାSuperfluid
ସମ୍ପାଦନାClose to absolute zero, some liquids form a second liquid state described as superfluid because it has zero viscosity (or infinite fluidity; i.e., flowing without friction). This was discovered in 1937 for helium, which forms a superfluid below the lambda temperature of 2.17 K. In this state it will attempt to "climb" out of its container.[୯] It also has infinite thermal conductivity so that no temperature gradient can form in a superfluid. Placing a superfluid in a spinning container will result in quantized vortices.
These properties are explained by the theory that the common isotope helium-4 forms a Bose–Einstein condensate (see next section) in the superfluid state. More recently, Fermionic condensate superfluids have been formed at even lower temperatures by the rare isotope helium-3 and by lithium-6.[୧୦]
Bose–Einstein condensate
ସମ୍ପାଦନାIn 1924, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted the "Bose–Einstein condensate" (BEC), sometimes referred to as the fifth state of matter. In a BEC, matter stops behaving as independent particles, and collapses into a single quantum state that can be described with a single, uniform wavefunction.
In the gas phase, the Bose–Einstein condensate remained an unverified theoretical prediction for many years. In 1995, the research groups of Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman, of JILA at the University of Colorado at Boulder, produced the first such condensate experimentally. A Bose–Einstein condensate is "colder" than a solid. It may occur when atoms have very similar (or the same) quantum levels, at temperatures very close to absolute zero (−273.15 °C).
Fermionic condensate
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA fermionic condensate is similar to the Bose–Einstein condensate but composed of fermions. The Pauli exclusion principle prevents fermions from entering the same quantum state, but a pair of fermions can behave as a boson, and multiple such pairs can then enter the same quantum state without restriction.
Rydberg molecule
ସମ୍ପାଦନାOne of the metastable states of strongly non-ideal plasma is Rydberg matter, which forms upon condensation of excited atoms. These atoms can also turn into ions and electrons if they reach a certain temperature. In April 2009, Nature reported the creation of Rydberg molecules from a Rydberg atom and a ground state atom,[୧୧] confirming that such a state of matter could exist.[୧୨] The experiment was performed using ultracold rubidium atoms.
Quantum Hall state
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA quantum Hall state gives rise to quantized Hall voltage measured in the direction perpendicular to the current flow. A quantum spin Hall state is a theoretical phase that may pave the way for the development of electronic devices that dissipate less energy and generate less heat. This is a derivation of the Quantum Hall state of matter.
Strange matter
ସମ୍ପାଦନାStrange matter is a type of quark matter that may exist inside some neutron stars close to the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit (approximately 2–3 solar masses). It may be stable at lower energy states once formed.
Photonic matter
ସମ୍ପାଦନାIn photonic matter, photons behave as if they had mass, and can interact with each other, even forming photonic "molecules". This is in contrast to the usual properties of photons, which have no rest mass, and cannot interact.
High-energy states
ସମ୍ପାଦନାDegenerate matter
ସମ୍ପାଦନାUnder extremely high pressure, ordinary matter undergoes a transition to a series of exotic states of matter collectively known as degenerate matter. In these conditions, the structure of matter is supported by the Pauli exclusion principle. These are of great interest to astrophysicists, because these high-pressure conditions are believed to exist inside stars that have used up their nuclear fusion "fuel", such as the white dwarfs and neutron stars.
Electron-degenerate matter is found inside white dwarf stars. Electrons remain bound to atoms but are able to transfer to adjacent atoms. Neutron-degenerate matter is found in neutron stars. Vast gravitational pressure compresses atoms so strongly that the electrons are forced to combine with protons via inverse beta-decay, resulting in a superdense conglomeration of neutrons. (Normally free neutrons outside an atomic nucleus will decay with a half life of just under 15 minutes, but in a neutron star, as in the nucleus of an atom, other effects stabilize the neutrons.)
Quark–gluon plasma
ସମ୍ପାଦନାQuark–gluon plasma is a phase in which quarks become free and able to move independently (rather than being perpetually bound into particles) in a sea of gluons (subatomic particles that transmit the strong force that binds quarks together); this is similar to splitting molecules into atoms. This state may be briefly attainable in particle accelerators, and allows scientists to observe the properties of individual quarks, and not just theorize. See also Strangeness production.
Quark–gluon plasma was discovered at CERN in 2000.
Color-glass condensate
ସମ୍ପାଦନାColor-glass condensate is a type of matter theorized to exist in atomic nuclei traveling near the speed of light. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, a high-energy nucleus appears length contracted, or compressed, along its direction of motion. As a result, the gluons inside the nucleus appear to a stationary observer as a "gluonic wall" traveling near the speed of light. At very high energies, the density of the gluons in this wall is seen to increase greatly. Unlike the quark–gluon plasma produced in the collision of such walls, the color-glass condensate describes the walls themselves, and is an intrinsic property of the particles that can only be observed under high-energy conditions such as those at RHIC and possibly at the Large Hadron Collider as well.
Very high energy states
ସମ୍ପାଦନାThe gravitational singularity predicted by general relativity to exist at the center of a black hole is not a phase of matter; it is not a material object at all (although the mass-energy of matter contributed to its creation) but rather a property of spacetime at a location. It could be argued, of course, that all particles are properties of spacetime at a location,[୧୩] leaving a half-note of controversy on the subject.
Other proposed states
ସମ୍ପାଦନାSupersolid
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA supersolid is a spatially ordered material (that is, a solid or crystal) with superfluid properties. Similar to a superfluid, a supersolid is able to move without friction but retains a rigid shape. Although a supersolid is a solid, it exhibits so many characteristic properties different from other solids that many argue it is another state of matter.[୧୪]
String-net liquid
ସମ୍ପାଦନାIn a string-net liquid, atoms have apparently unstable arrangement, like a liquid, but are still consistent in overall pattern, like a solid. When in a normal solid state, the atoms of matter align themselves in a grid pattern, so that the spin of any electron is the opposite of the spin of all electrons touching it. But in a string-net liquid, atoms are arranged in some pattern that requires some electrons to have neighbors with the same spin. This gives rise to curious properties, as well as supporting some unusual proposals about the fundamental conditions of the universe itself.
Superglass
ସମ୍ପାଦନାA superglass is a phase of matter characterized, at the same time, by superfluidity and a frozen amorphous structure.
Dark matter
ସମ୍ପାଦନାWhile dark matter is estimated to comprise 83% of the mass of matter in the universe, most of its properties remain a mystery due to the fact that it neither absorbs nor emits electromagnetic radiation, and there are many competing theories regarding what dark matter is actually made of. Thus, while it is hypothesized to exist and comprise the vast majority of matter in the universe, almost all of its properties are unknown and a matter of speculation, because it has only been observed through its gravitational effects.[୧୫][୧୬]
Equilibrium gel
ସମ୍ପାଦନାEquilibrium gel is made from a synthetic clay called Laponite. Unlike other gels, it maintains the same consistency throughout its structure and is stable, which means it does not separate into sections of solid mass and those of more liquid mass. Equilibrium gel filtration liquid chromatography is a technique used for the quantitation of ligand binding.[୧୭]
See also
ସମ୍ପାଦନାNotes and references
ସମ୍ପାଦନା- ↑ It is often stated that more than 99% of the material in the visible universe is plasma. See, for example, D. A. Gurnett, A. Bhattacharjee (2005). Introduction to Plasma Physics: With Space and Laboratory Applications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-521-36483-3. and K Scherer, H Fichtner, B Heber (2005). Space Weather: The Physics Behind a Slogan. Berlin: Springer. p. 138. ISBN 3-540-22907-8.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link). Essentially, all of the visible light from space comes from stars, which are plasmas with a temperature such that they radiate strongly at visible wavelengths. Most of the ordinary (or baryonic) matter in the universe, however, is found in the intergalactic medium, which is also a plasma, but much hotter, so that it radiates primarily as X-rays. The current scientific consensus is that about 96% of the total energy density in the universe is not plasma or any other form of ordinary matter, but a combination of cold dark matter and dark energy. - ↑ M.A. Wahab (2005). Solid State Physics: Structure and Properties of Materials. Alpha Science. pp. 1–3. ISBN 1-84265-218-4.
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External links
ସମ୍ପାଦନା- 2005-06-22, MIT News: MIT physicists create new form of matter Citat: "... They have become the first to create a new type of matter, a gas of atoms that shows high-temperature superfluidity."
- 2003-10-10, Science Daily: Metallic Phase For Bosons Implies New State Of Matter
- 2004-01-15, ScienceDaily: Probable Discovery Of A New, Supersolid, Phase Of Matter Citat: "...We apparently have observed, for the first time, a solid material with the characteristics of a superfluid...but because all its particles are in the identical quantum state, it remains a solid even though its component particles are continually flowing..."
- 2004-01-29, ScienceDaily: NIST/University Of Colorado Scientists Create New Form Of Matter: A Fermionic Condensate
- Short videos demonstrating of States of Matter, solids, liquids and gases by Prof. J M Murrell, University of Sussex