Talk:Phase (matter)/Archive 1

message: I think that a water ballon is not a good example of the 'incompressibility' of water.  Water balloons squish around in your hand and it is hard to tell whether the volume has changed. ike9898 13:33, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: When I think about it, I imagine a "corked" pump (such as one used to fill a bicycle tire or even a hyperdermic needle) filled with water as opposed to air.  I even think a plastic zip-top bag filled with water is a better example than the balloon, but I can understand how a water balloon can create better imagery. The_Irrelevant_One 19:03, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example 

message: Can we think of a good photo to add to the top of the article?  (It's just for appearance). RJFJR 15:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Today 203.110.243.21 added the note "at 273K temperature" to the caption of this photo. However from the descriptions of this photo by the photographer (User:Deglr6328) at :File:Argon ice 1.jpg#Summary and at greater length at :Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Argon ice, it is clear that the temperature was not controlled or measured while the photo was taken. The sample was in the process of warming rapidly from liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K), and no specific value of the temperature at the moment of the photo is claimed. So I will now delete the note about the temperature. Dirac66 (talk) 03:29, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

text: In the argon photo, I think the white streaks near the centre of the test tube are the solid, and the clear areas surrounding are the liquid. Dirac66 (talk) 18:52, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos?

message: shouldent it be added, it is a distinct type of matter
: Bose-Einstein condensate is already there, with a link to its own page.
other "type"s?
Tabascofernandez (talk) 02:51, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Bose-Einstein concentrate

message: I'm surprised this article earned a B-class assessment. Several sections use the first person and tone that strongly resembles a science textbook, leading me to believe the text has been copied from some (uncited) educational material. Some examples:
* Under General definition of phases: "When discussing the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases, we talked about rigidity and compressibility, and the effects..." and "On the other hand, when discussing paramagnetism and ferromagnetism, we looked at..." What previous discussion can these refer to, other than preceding chapters of a larger work?
* Under Other examples of phases: "In this section, we will present several systems that exhibit phase phenomena" is entirely unnecessary and resembles the preamble to a textbook section or subsection.
* The word "we" appears at least 11 times.
I have declined to do the extensive editing required to transform this textbook chapter into proper Wikipedia article. If the source can be identified and is in the public domain, then such editing can take place; otherwise the article should be substantially rewritten. The current text is unacceptable for an article identified as a 1.0 Core Topic. -- PaulKishimoto 20:04, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've identified the origin: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phase_%28matter%29&diff=18722376&oldid=18528013 68.39.174.238 05:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Hmm, it looks like even that image has a questionable copyright, as it was created from an image which was recreated due to a copyright problem. As to the text, I'm going to remove all of it that seems to be in violation. The original adder is evidently no longer active here. 68.39.174.238 11:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have made my edits here and welcome other review of them. I suspect the last two are rewritten from the original copyright problem, but not completely free of taint, both of copyright violation and of the original out-of-place feel of the source. 68.39.174.238 12:05, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added "copypaste" template 

message: Do you have any use for this chart? --81.27.125.127 (talk) 21:25, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temperature distribution of phases of the elements 

message: Is it possible for a metal to become gaseous? I was hoping to find a definitive answer here, but this page seems to be much more technical than I was expecting.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gforce20 (talk • contribs) 21:34, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  General question about phases of matter 

message: Why does State Of Matter redirect here instead of to State of matter? I'd change it, but maybe there's a reason I don't know about? -- CowplopmorrisTalkContribs 12:16, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That redirect dated from 2004, when there was no State of matter article. I have now fixed the redirect. Dirac66 (talk) 18:00, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  State Of Matter 

message: I want to know the State, Matter, Heat/Cool. Process, Changes, State
of Solid Liquid Gases  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.64.129.203 (talk) 15:55, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Phase transitions

message: what to yse if water will work as a solvent on a hydrophobic substance likeink  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.151.213 (talk) 00:52, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  if water will notfunction as the solvent 

message: there is three (+1) phases: solid (s), liquid (l), and vapid (v) [+ plasmid (p)]. 
s --> l : liquidation (reversed: DE-liquidation)
l --> v : vapidation (rev: DE-vap)
v --> s : solidation (rev: DE-sol)
LNG: natural devapidatives ; NDV
Tabascofernandez (talk) 02:49, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  my VIEW (not?)