Everyday Chemistry: States of Matter in Your Kitchen

  1. Solid Staples: Ice cubes, sugar, and salt are everyday kitchen solids.
  2. Liquid Helpers: Water, milk, and oil flow to mix, cook, and clean.
  3. Gas in Action: Steam from boiling pots and bubbles in soda are kitchen gases.
  4. Plasma Peek: A microwave’s sparks or a gas stove flame show plasma at work.
  5. Melting Moments: Butter melting on toast is a solid changing into a liquid.
  6. Boiling Bubbles: Water bubbling at 100°C releases vapor you see as steam.
  7. Freezing Fun: Making ice cream or frozen pops shows liquids turning solid.
  8. Mix and Match: Oil and water don’t mix because of different molecular properties.
  9. Hidden Reactions: Baking bread produces CO₂ gas, giving loaves their fluffy rise.
  10. Every Meal Science: Cooking is full of phase changes, showing all states of matter in action.