Classification of Matter
Classification of Matter
Classification of Matter
MATTER
Matter
• According to properties
3 Basic Phases of Matter
• Solid
• De nite shape
• Liquid
• No de nite shape
• Gas
• No de nite shape
Substance Mixture
Element Compound
Substance
• Form of matter that have
definite properties and
unchanging chemical
composition.
• It is the same no matter
where it is found
Atom
• The basic building blocks of matter that make
up everyday objects
Element
• is a chemical substance consisting of atoms
having the same number of protons in their
atomic nuclei.
• 118 elements have been identified, of which
94 occur naturally on Earth.
Categories of Elements
Properties of Metals
good conductors of heat and electricity
malleable and ductile
Distinguishing luster (shine)
Most of the metals are solids at room
temperature (except for mercury, francium,
caesium, and gallium which are liquid @300 C).
10 cm
-4
cm
• Solute
• Dispersed particles
• Solvent
• Dispersion medium
• https://www.angelo.edu/faculty/kboudrea/periodic/
physical_metals.htm
• https://chem.libretexts.org/Textbook_Maps/
General_Chemistry/Map%3A_Chemistry_-
_The_Central_Science_(Brown_et_al.)/
07._Periodic_Properties_of_the_Elements/
7.6%3A_Metals%2C_Nonmetals%2C_and_Metalloids
• http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/matter-and-
energy/compounds.html