The water leaving as steam has undergone a physical change from a liquid state to a gaseous one. No chemical change has occured because it is still H2O.
Basic explanation:
H2O(liquid) + heath <===> H2O(gaseous)+ ...
Water passes from a liquid form to gaseous, through an active physical process called : "evaporation", that occures with the help of a source of enery (heater).
=> When the H2O molecule is heaten up, physical reactions occurs:
- excitement (disorder increase, "molecules are increasingly kegeling" )
- breaking of the hydrogen bridges/connections between the: "O" (oxygens) and "H" (hydrogens), liberating them from their actractive forces through the process of gasification.
... In the end:
=> Final global composition : When water boiles molecules "stay unchanged", they are the same H2O in vapour as before in liquid state.
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This is (by definition) physical (like any change in state of matter is physical).
This involves a change of state of the water. Before, during, and after the boiling, it remains water. So, since the substance doesn't change its character, the boiling of water is a physical change.
Boiling is a physical change.
Boiling is a physical phenomenon, a change of phase.
Boiling water is a physical change because it does not change the chemical composition of the water.
Boiling water is physical change.
Boiling of water is a physical process, a change of phase.
vaporization
When water boils, it is a physical change.
Boiling and evaporation are physical changes.
It is a physical change.
The boiling point is a physical property of a substance. It is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the atmospheric pressure, causing the liquid to change into a gas phase.
Boiling water in a kettle is a physical change. This is because the change is reversible, and it involves a phase transition from liquid to gas without changing the chemical makeup of water molecules.