Question

How many states of matter are there?

Answer 1

Classically, states of matter are distinguished by changes in the properties of matter related to external factors such as pressure and temperature. The classical states of matter are usually summarised as: solid, liquid and gas.

These three fundamental states of matter occur within normal ranges of pressure and temperature, but when you heat a gas to extreme temperatures (like those found in the sun or around a lightning strike), a new state of matter is achieved: plasma Fire is perhaps the most popular example of plasma.

At the other extreme, when you lower the temperature of a substance far enough (near to 0 Kelvin, also known as absolute zero) a new state is achieved . This is known as a Bose-Einstein condensate.

Generally there are 5 states of matter . But as science progresses many new states are being discovered. There exists many states virtually impossible to find without experimental causation or under very rare and extreme events in the universe.Research is still going on about these.