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Chapter 16 PS vocabt
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Kinetic theory | an explanation of how particles in matter behave |
| melting point | a solid begins to liquefy |
| heat of fusion | amount of energy required to change a substance from the solid phase to the liquid phase |
| boiling point | the temperature at which the pressure of the vapor in the liquid is equal to the external pressure used to detect the paths of charged particles |
| heat of vaporization | the amount of energy required for the liquid at its boiling point to become a gas |
| diffusion | spreading of particles throughout a given volume until they are uniformly distributed |
| plasma | matter consisting of positively and negatively charged |
| thermal expansion | increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased |
| buoyancy | the ability of a fluid a liquid or a gas to exert an upward force on an object immersed in it |
| pressure | force exerted per unit area |
| viscosity | resistance to flow by a fluid |
| pascal | the SI unit of pressure |