2-Qualitative Properties

Qualitative Properties: If you see, taste, hear, touch and/or smell something through observation, like the color, texture, state, and movement of matter, you are witnessing qualitative properties. 

    Condensation: Once water has boiled/evaporated into the air, it doesn’t always stay as a gas. To transform back into a liquid, the average water temperature needs to go down to less that 100 Celsius, and the water molecules must accumulate on a cold surface. A few examples of cold surfaces are window panes, toilet lids, and refrigerators. At any temperature that water is a gaseous form, it can "condense" back into a liquid.

    Evaporation: When water is a liquid at 0 to 100 degrees Celsius, and the air around it is not saturated, water can slowly change into water vapor, due to the vibration of molecules. You can compare the "dissolving" of water into air like the "dissolving" of sugar in water.

    Sublimation: If a solid changes into a gas without first changing to a liquid, then sublimation has occurred. Two good examples are wood-> carbon dioxide, and dry ice->carbon dioxide.

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