Can metals be in a gaseous state?
1 Answer
Sep 10, 2015
Yes.
Explanation:
Think of the metals as highly stable molecules, that are tightly bound together. When subjected to high temperature and pressure all metals melt. This is how utensils and other appliances are formed in the industries. Increasing the temperature and reducing pressure will lead to gaseous state for all metals. But as the previous answer states you need to contain the gaseous metal somewhere. That vessel should not melt at that temperature and pressure etc. So in principle all metals can be made to be in vapor state.
A typical example of such phenomena is the CFLs, and Sodium Vapor lamps. In Sodium vapor lamps as the name dictates has Sodium present in gaseous state.
