We're Getting Physical. Physical SCIENCE that is.

Dear Kalipita,

     Please forgive my terrible pun. I'm taking a break from Biology to do a bit of research on Physical Science. We'll start out with the basics.

Matter

Matter is anything made of atoms and molecules. Everything around you is made of matter. YOU are made of matter. many people think that air is not made of matter but it is. So i should probably point out out that there are FIVE forms of matter. the obvious ones are:

Gas

Liquid

Solids

and it is quite possible that you have heard of Plasma

Plasma is superheated gas that has lost all of its' electrons. You may think that it would lose it's electric charge but it comes even more electrically charged. An example of plasma is Lightning. The sun and solar winds are also plasma.

For our Grand Finale we (apparently I am now a "we" I'm not sure when that happened) will present the Fifth State of Matter. Drumroll please.;

Bose-Einstein-Condensat. (also known as BEC)

BEC occurs at the opposite end of absolute zero.I'm not exactly sure what that means so i will study some more and get back to you on that

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It is still very hard to understand exactly what Bose-Einstein Condensat Is. I know that  the element Rubidium is a BEC.

Rubidium is a soft silver metal that is quite radioactive. It vaporizes quickly and rusts even quicker. it has one stable isotope that has a half life of 49 billion years.. That is more than 3 times the estimated age of the universe. It is known to react very violently if it comes in contact with water and it ignites hydrogen very easily. Rubidium is famous for spontaneously combustion when it comes in contact with air. (Sometimes. not always)

My best guess on what BEC is: I am guessing that it is something between a solid and a gas. Apparently it is also very unstable since it seems to react violently with most of its fellow forms of matter.

I've done more research. BEC can only occur at extremely low temperatures or all of it's molecules tend to fly apart. BEC is made out of Bosons. (i will get to that next time)

   Two examples of materials containing Bose-Einstein condensates are superconductors and superfluids. Superconductors conduct electricity with virtually zero electrical resistance: Once a current is started, it flows indefinitely. The liquid in a superfluid also flows forever. In effect, there is no friction. The nucleons in a neutron star⁹ are believed to form a superfluid. Scientists have been able to make superfluids in the laboratory by cooling materials to very low temperatures.