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>>11142642
Has anyone ever made a case for how solid isn't really a distinct phase of matter? Its merely frozen liquid, and nothing more special than that?

I know this is a shitpost. BUT you kinda have a point. Phases are defined in a sorta arbitrary manner. Is the electron cloud in metals a different phase than a ceramic? Sort of. Are half-ionized solutions still plasma? Are ionic liquids plasma? Is glass a solid?

The reason plasma is a phase is because there's shitloads of it in the universe.

>>11142642
>>11142648
>>11142661
Water and Ice are two different elements.

>>11142661
>I know this is a shitpost. BUT you kinda have a point. Phases are defined in a sorta arbitrary manner. Is the electron cloud in metals a different phase than a ceramic? Sort of.
How? They’re both electron clouds. Just because you have solid water and solid ammonia it doesn’t change the fact that they’re both solids. States of matter describe the state of the matter, ie the atoms of any element.
Are half-ionized solutions still plasma?
The parts that are ionized are, the parts that aren’t aren’t.
Are ionic liquids plasma?
Like is dissociated salt in water a plasma? No. The definition of a plasma is more nuanced than just any ionized form.
Is glass a solid?
Are you referring to the glass is just a slow moving liquid myth?
>The reason plasma is a phase is because there's shitloads of it in the universe.
That’s not true

>>11143004
>Water and Ice are two different elements

>>11143830
Water is H20 and Ice is 2H0O2
Ice is less dense

>>11143833
>H20

>>11143836
aych two oh
it stands for hydrogen 20, it's a particle made of 20 hydrogen quarks

>>11143833
>>11143840
No. Learn some basic chemistry.