Chem Notes22
Chem Notes22
Matter
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● Ancient greek philosophers were the first Lorem
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● They only speculated on the nature of
materials around them as they were not able to conduct experiment that
will validate their assumption.
Aristotle
suggested
that all space
is filled up
with matter,
thus, implying
Continuity of matter
● Since matter is not void , this means that it is divisible and can be cut into
pieces over and over again.
● This started the principle of continuity of matter, wherein matter can be broken
down into pieces and as you do so , you will not be able to obtainits smallest
parts.
The Greek Concept of Atom
● Leucippus (student) and democritus (teacher) thought that all material are
made up of tiny bits of matter which cannot be divided further.
● Greeks referred to this as atom
● Greek word atomos means Indivisible.
● Ancient greek philosopher were the first speculate the nature of matter by
providing different assumption of what it is made of.
● The idea of democritus paved the way in establishing that matter is made up of
particles instead of a primal material.
Discontinuity matter
● Matter is made up of particles instead of a primal material.
The spaces between particles dictate the kind of movement that particles in matter can
do.
FERMIONIC
CONDENSATE
Weight
Density
Specific Gravity