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Explain why burning butter is a chemical change but melting is not?
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∙ 13y ago
Melting: change of phase, a physical phenomenon without change of the composition.
Burning: a reaction of oxydation, a change of composition - a chemical change.
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Is welding pieces of metal is chemical change?
not it can always be changed back to its original shape. but if you burn metal which i dont consider doing it is a chemical change. like melting butter and burning butter. burning is chemical, melting can be cooled again into its original form.
When Butter is melting is it a physical or chemical change?
Melting of butter is a physical change.
Is the burning of leaves or melting of butter a physical reaction?
The burning of leaves is a chemical reaction. The way we can tell is because after the leaves are burned, they cannot go back to the way they were. Butter melting is a physical reaction because it does not change the molecules, and the butter has the ability to go back to it's original state.
Are butter biscuits a chemical change?
It is not chemical change ,it is a physical change
Is Butter melting in a pan physical or chemical change?
Melting is a physical change.
Is butter melting phisycal or chemical?
Physical.
Is the melting of butter a chemical change?
No, it is a change-of-state.
Is melting butter chemical or physical change?
Physical.
Is melting point of butter a physical or chemical change?
physical.
Is melting butter for popcorn a chemical or physical?
physical change
Why is melting of butter is a physical change whereas rusting of almirah is a chemical change?
During melting the chemical structure is not changed; but rusting involve chemical rreactions.
Is melting of butter physical change or chemical?
Physical, because the stuff that the butter is made out of doesn't change, just the state, or physical form, that it is in. (solid to liquid.)
