Gases
A substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid; any such fluid or mixture of fluids other than air. Normally, these formless substances completely fill the space, and take the shape of, their container.
List of gases[edit | edit source]
- sodium chloride - a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (nacl)
- cryofluorane
- dichlorodifluoromethane
- trichlorofluoromethane
- dimethyl ether
- helium - a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in texas and kansas)
- chlorodifluoroethane
- chlorodifluoromethane
- apaflurane
- difluoroethane
- norflurane
- hydrogen sulfide - a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs
- isobutane
- nitrogen - a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
- oxygen - a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
- propane - colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel.
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