Students will learn how to categorize matter as either pure substances or mixtures. Students will apply tests, based on physical properties of matter samples, to determine whether a mixture is ...

Ah, yes, the three states of matter: Solids, liquids, and gases. What a simple way to understand our physical world. Of course, if you remember a bit of high school science, you probably recall a ...

THE subject I have chosen is an enormous one, but it is one of exceptional interest at the present time. It is one of general interest as well as of scientific interest to students of physics. The ...

THE subject of this excellent little book includes the mechanical properties of matter, and much that is usually treated under the head of Chemical Physics, such as Diffusion and Capillarity. It might ...

Students will be able to explain that the density of a substance has to do with how heavy it is compared to the size of the object. Students will also be able to explain that density is a ...

When one reviews the progress made in the department of physics within the last ten years, he is struck by the change which has taken place in the fundamental ideas concerning the nature of ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Condensed-matter and materials physics is the branch of physics that studies the ...