CHEM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bismuth, Abuna, Astatine
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A homogeneous mixture, or solution, has uniform composition throughout (and a single phase). Solid phase (s) has xed shape and volume. Liquid phase (l) has inde nite shape, but xed volume. Gas phase (g) has neither xed shape nor xed volume: a change in a substance may be classi ed as either a physical or chemical change: In a physical change, the identity of the substance(s) remain unchanged. A physical property is a characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the composition of the substance. In a chemical change, or chemical reaction, new substances are formed: energy is the capacity to do work or transfer heat, physical and chemical changes involve energy. The energy of an object is the sum of its kinetic and potential energy. Energy can change form and be transferred as heat. 2: the scienti c method is a system of inquiry used by scientists: