Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Chemical vs. Physical Changes and Properties

The other day in class, we learned about/reviewed chemical and physical changes and properties. Here is a brief outline of the most important things that I learned, that I think will be helpful to know for future tests/quizzes:

Physical Properties: can be observed without changing one substance into another.
-Boiling point
-Density
-Mass
-Volume
-Smell

Chemical Properties: can only be observed when a substance changes into another.
-Flammability
-Corrosiveness
-Reactivity with acid

Here is a helpful website that I found to explain the differences between the two in a more in-depth way: chemical vs. physical properties

Physical Change: changes in matter that don't change composition/identity.
-Change of state
-Change in temperature
-Change in volume

Chemical Change: result in new substances.
-Acid base
-Redox
-Double replacement reactions
-Burning

Here is a helpful website that I found to explain the differences between the two in a more in-depth way: chemical vs. physical change

1 comment:

  1. I like how you put all of information simply and a way that is easy to be referred to.

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