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Element
Physics; General physics
A pure chemical substance that cannot be broken down into anything simpler by chemical or physical means; there are over 100 known elements, the fundamental materials of which all matter is made.
Phases of matter
Physics; General physics
The different physical forms that matter can take as a result of different molecular arrangements, resulting in characteristics of the common phases of a solid, liquid, or gas.
Energy
Physics; General physics
The capacity of a body to do work is called its energy. Energy is a scalar quantity. The SI unit of energy is Joule.
Physical change
Physics; General physics
A change of the state of a substance but not the identity of the substance pitch the frequency of a sound wave.
Evaporation
Physics; General physics
Process of more molecules leaving a liquid for the gaseous state than returning from the gas to the liquid. It can occur at any given temperature from the surface of a liquid. Evaporation takes place ...
Plastic strain
Physics; General physics
An adjustment to stress in which materials become moulded or bent out of shape under stress and do not return to their original shape after the stress is released.
Fahrenheit scale of temperature
Physics; General physics
On the Fahrenheit scale, the ice point, the ice point (lower fixed point) is taken as 32? F and the steam point (upper fixed point) is taken as 212 deg F. The interval between these two points is ...
