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

it applies to lots of things, but for some things there may need to be certain conditions in order for it to happen. Like needing a vacuum

It’s called the triple point

[**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_point**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_point)

the triple point of nitrogen demonstrated

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz_tj-tQoBE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz_tj-tQoBE)