Trivia: How many states of matter are there?

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Trivia: How many states of matter are there?

#1 Postby OtherHD » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:31 pm

NOTE: COLDFRONT AND STORMTRACK03 are NOT permitted to answer. :D Neither are Rich, GW, or chad lol or george

The answer will be posted later...
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#2 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:32 pm

Alrighty, if you say so... Lyle. :P
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#3 Postby Guest » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:32 pm

I know, but since u dont want me to tell i wont :).
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#4 Postby David » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:42 pm

5?
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#5 Postby furluvcats » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:45 pm

Four...

Gases, solids, liquids, plasma


Or the answer could be that all 50 states matter! :)
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#6 Postby chadtm80 » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:46 pm

LMAO fur
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#7 Postby Guest » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:47 pm

wrong, try again
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#8 Postby OtherHD » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:48 pm

david...I know you know the answer and you are just purposefully saying the wrong answer :P
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#9 Postby David » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:50 pm

i forgot
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#10 Postby Guest » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:56 pm

David is dumb :)....... F F F F F ;) jk


I think HD its time you told everyone, before I do :P
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#11 Postby furluvcats » Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:04 pm

OK, my answer was partially correct, there are 4 states of matter considered "ordinary". So I gave the ordinary answer, does that at least count for 1/2 a credit? lol
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#12 Postby Pburgh » Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:10 pm

Fur, I'll give you 1/2 a credit!!!!! I would have said four.
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#13 Postby furluvcats » Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:14 pm

Thanks Karan! :)
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#14 Postby OtherHD » Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:19 pm

Ok ok ok lol...

The answer is 6: solid, liquid, gas, plasma, Bose-Einstein condensate, and fermionic condensate. The 6th state was just recent discovered by scientists. Here is an article:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/01 ... index.html
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#15 Postby coriolis » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:58 pm

That's interesting. The last thing i had heard about was "bucky balls."
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