do you know there are 5 states of matter?????????

India
April 14, 2007 8:07pm CST
earlier we had known of 3 states of matter but now 2 more states of matter have been discovered .do you know what are they?they are plasma and bose einstien condensate.
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• India
30 Apr 07
well i am afraid you are not really 100% correct. there are accepted 4 states of matter, plasma state included because that can actually be deteced and also got in a laboratory. and that is what many stars are made up of - but infact they are just a collection of protons and neutrons away from the completion of an atom bose einstein condensate on the other hand is not matter at all, so cannot be added to a state of matter, though it is indeed controversial. the 5th state of matter is speculated to be the so called "hidden matter" which forms up 99% of the universe we live in, including the empty space! but it has never been verified
• Philippines
23 Apr 07
whattt? there are two more?! gosh, i AM getting old. when my son reaches college and find out about it, he'll probably ask me that question. at least now i know the answer :) thanks for the new knowledge! hmmm, let me try it out with my husband first LOL
• India
23 Apr 07
Yes i have read it in my chemistry book.