# How Many States of Matter are There?  3, 4 or 5?

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 7, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-of-matter-are-there-3-4-or-5/21658 "2000-06-07T14:58:49Z")
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### Author: ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-of-matter-are-there-3-4-or-5/21658/41 "2022-08-04T22:35:59Z")

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I really do not know. I assume it would progress pretty rapidly but I cannot find an answer for this (probably because this is fringe stuff…but considered possible albeit not something to really worry about actually happening).

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