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hammering a nail is a physical change, this is because the nail changes shape from being long to being short and in a board for example.
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∙ 13y agoPainting your nails would be a physical form because you are adding the polish to your nails, but the nail remains the same. If you were to apply the nail polish and the nail melted, then that would be a chemical change because it creates something that can not be reversed. Physical changes can get the substance/object back to the way it was before. Ice is a physical change, it was water, it froze, and then it can melt again.
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∙ 13y agoIt is a physical change because it might change to a different color if rubbed
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∙ 14y agoPhysical. It's not like the clipped toenail has become another substance, has it? A chemical change requires that another, new substance has been created, and this requires a reaction.
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∙ 13y agoPhysical.
No new chemical bond has formed... therefore its not a chemical change.
Just the shape of the object has changed, and this is a physical change.
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∙ 11y agoA nail rusting is a chemical change. Iron metal combines with oxygen from the air to produce iron oxide.
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∙ 10y agoThat's a physical change. Assuming the nail is made of iron (Fe), when you bend it, you simply change its shape. You don't change the fact that it's still iron.
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∙ 7y agoWhat happens to a nail in acid is a chemical change because new substances are formed. If the nail is iron, and the acid is hydrochloric acid, then iron chloride and hydrogen are formed.
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Is hammering a nail a chemical or physical change?
hammering a nail is a physical change, this is because the nail changes shape from being long to being short and in a board for example.
Is tarnishing an iron nail a physical or chemical change?
It is a chemical change
Is iron nail rusts in water a chemical change or a physical change?
Chemical change, oxygen binds with iron.
Is zinc dissolving in vinegar to form a rusty substance on an iron nail a physical or chemical change?
chemical change
Is rust forming on a nail left outside a physical or chemical change?
because the chemical composition of the nail is changed, forming a new substance (the rust)
Is hammering a nail a chemical or physical change?
hammering a nail is a physical change, this is because the nail changes shape from being long to being short and in a board for example.
Is hammering a nail a physical or chemical?
hammering a nail is a physical change, this is because the nail changes shape from being long to being short and in a board for example.
Is a nail rusting a physical or chemical?
A nail rusting is a chemical change.
Is a rusty nail physical or a chemical change?
chemical
Is tarnishing an iron nail a physical or chemical change?
It is a chemical change
Is bending an iron nail physical change or chemical change?
physical
Melting a nail physical or chemical change?
Physical, if you are not using any chemicals in the process it is a physical change.
Is a Chemical change of pizza Paper and An iron nail or of Physical change?
iron nail
Is heating an iron nail a physical or chemical change?
Heating is a physical change.
Is rusting a nail a physical change or chemical change?
A nail rusting is a chemical change. The chemical formula of the metal completely changes, adding oxygen to the formula. Iron changes from Fe to FeO2 , or to Fe2O3
Why is a rusted nail chemical change not physical change?
Because the Iron in the nail is no longer just iron but oxidation plus iron, a physical change to the nail would be to cut it in-half.
Is iron nail rusts in water a chemical change or a physical change?
Chemical change, oxygen binds with iron.
