Can all substances be in all 3 states of matter? If you heat up metal, it will melt, but is there a point where you heat it enough that it will become a gas? Same goes for every substance on earth

Question

Basically the title. I know water can be solid, liquid, and gas, but does that apply to everything or just water?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

1. Yes, others have explained.
2. There are WAY more than 3 states of matter. Classically there are 4, solid, liquid, gas and plasma. I wont go into the others because there are a lot and I only understand a few but here’s the list: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_matter)