• sga@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    here is fun fact (fun is subjective)

    liquid state is a lie. or more correctly, it is hard to distinguish liquid fluids from gas fluids (a textbook definition may say something like fluids shear, but gasses do to, it is just that it is almost negligible).

    for most things, solid to gas happens, and solid to liquid happens under specific pressure conditions (generally higher)

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      10 hours ago

      The easiest way to tell them apart is that gas is compressible while liquid for most intents and purposes, essentially isn’t.

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        7 hours ago

        the for most parts and intents is not really a good distinctintion. i did not go into details, mostly because it is a unrelated thing, but for most things, you can gradually transition from liquid phase to gas phase, without a proper transition. this is called a super critical fluid. consider like this, ice in solid form is not really “miscible” in liquid form. gasses and liquids of same stuff can mix. a