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Uploaded by on Sep 15, 2011

Everyone is familiar with liquid water, ice and water vapour, but what are the differences between these three states of matter? Solids, liquids and vapours of the same substance differ in the motion of the molecules and the distance between them.

Animations courtesy of VisChem (Trade Mark), Copyright 1995, Roy Tasker. Thanks for all your help!

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  • It's not water vapor! It's steam. Steam and water vapor are not the same thing. Water vapor is liquid water suspended in air where steam is the gaseous phase of water.

  • @Wafflecakepies I think you have this reversed. Steam is the visible water droplets suspended in air whereas water vapour is the gaseous phase of water. Normally, however where there is steam there will be water vapour and vice versa.

  • I really enjoy your videos. All I ask of you is to not make any more singing videos, those are the only types of your videos I dislike. I'm sure that I'm not the only person that feels this way.

  • @TehJayden You don't like the songs and I bet you're not the only one. But here's the thing, other people enjoy the songs so I'm going to keep doing them and you can choose not to watch those ones.

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  • Why did the last guy keep going on about meditation?!?!

  • It makes me cry how dumb people are.

  • ..hehe!! The answer from man at the end of the vid - LIKE A BOSS..!!

  • isnt water made oh one hydroxide and one oxygen and you forgot plasma

  • What about Plasma?

  • Are you f'ing kidding me!? How is that girl that dumb

  • @1veritasium I love your singing videos. They sound nice, and they're educational.

  • HYDROGEN.

  • How do people not know this!?!?! We did this in third grade! Our education system is screwed -__-

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