Heating and Freezing Water
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A crystal lattice is a very exact organization of atoms which allows for a specific place for every molecule or atom in the solid.  For example, salt (NaCl) a specific cube shaped crystal.  There is one Sodium (Na) connected to one Chlorine (Cl) and then that pattern/structure repeats.  The final structure is a cube.

2. Heat of Vaporization - the amount of heat energy needed to change a liquid to a gas; the temperature does not change
3. Heat of Fusion - the amount of heat energy needed to change a solid to a liquid; the temperature does not change

1. Solid
2. Heat of Fusion
3. Liquid
4. Heat of Vaporization
5. Gas

Note: "Time" can be replaced with "Heat Energy"

4. Steam - the gas phase of Water
5. The condensation point is when a gas reaches a temperature so that it becomes a liquid.  Energy is removed from the atoms in the Gas State; the gas condenses, forming drops of liquid.
6. Vapor is a liquid suspended in a gas.  When you look at a boiling pot of water and you see steam rising.  What you are seeing is not steam, but actually water vapor, little tiny drops of water floating in the air.  (Vapor can also be defined as a gas with a temperature below its critical temperature.)
7. Evaporation is when some molecules in a system get enough energy to turn into a gas.  While the average temperature of a liquid may be low, there are some molecules near the surface with high temperatures, and high energy.
8. Distillation is a process where one substance is boiled away from another and then collected.  It is a process that purifies mixtures and solutions.  The boiled off vapor is cooled and condenses.
9. Distilled water is pure water.  When you have tap water, there are all sorts of impurities. When all of those impurities are removed, you have distilled water. You can get it by boiling water and collecting the condensed steam.
10.  The volume of water increases as it is frozen.

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