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Does paper undergo a physical or chemical change when it is put in water?
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Affirmitave, paper goes through a yellowing stage resulting in the fibers of it chemically breaking down.
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When a piece of paper is torn into two pieces has it undergone a chemical change or a physical change?
ANSWER:Its a physical change. If you burned it and it became ash, its a chemical change. Physical change means it made no change on a molecular level. Its still paper, just in two separate pieces.It is a physical change, as the chemical property of the paper remains unchanged.
Why is a car rusting a physical change?
no its chemical. physical changes is where the object chemical matter is not altered. ex- cuting a piece of paper is physical because you still have a piece of paper but burning the paper is chemical because a chemical change has taken place.
Is melting paper clip a physical or chemical change?
its chemical change
What is a piece of paper is set on fire is this chemical or physical change?
A chemical change. Physical changes can be undone. You cannot unburn paper.
Is paper making wood a physical or chemical change?
making paper from wood is a what change
Is cutting a circle out of a piece of paper a chemical change?
No. It is a physical change because there is no change in the chemical composition of the paper. If you were to burn the paper, that would be a chemical change called combustion, which would turn the paper into carbon dioxide and water, with the release of heat.
When a piece of paper is torn into two pieces has it undergone a chemical change or a physical change?
ANSWER:Its a physical change. If you burned it and it became ash, its a chemical change. Physical change means it made no change on a molecular level. Its still paper, just in two separate pieces.It is a physical change, as the chemical property of the paper remains unchanged.
Is tearing a paper a chemical or a physical change?
Tearing paper represents a physical and not a chemical change. Chemical bonds are not broken in this instance, but paper is physically separated (by force) from other paper.
Is cutting a paper physical or chemical change?
It is a physical change because it is still a sheet of paper.
tearing a piece of paper in half physical or chemical change?
Physical change
Is folding paper a physical change or a chemical change?
Physical.
Is folding paper physical or chemical change?
It is a physical change as the paper is still paper after you fold it.
Is folding a physical or chemical change?
It is a physical change as the paper is still paper after you fold it.
Is tearing of paper a physical change or chemical change?
It is a physical change.
Is wadding a sheet of paper a chemical change?
Physical change. The paper is still a piece of paper; nothing happened to the chemical composition of it.
Is water absorbed by paper towel physical or chemical change?
physical because he water can be gotten back out of the paper towel (drying out).yes
Is recycling paper an example of a physical or chemical change?
physical change physical change
