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Both, sorta. The explosion itself is expanding hot gas, which is a purely physical reaction. However, most of the time, that's triggered by a chemical reaction to create the heat.
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What is a reacts with oxygen is it physical or chemical?
Chlorine is a highly reactive agent thus this indeed is chemical.
Are exploding fireworks an example of a physical or chemical change?
Explosions are a form of either combustion or decomposition (or both) reactions, and they are chemical changes.
Why should you never mix Hydrochloric acid and Sulfuric acid and Nitric acid?
They will undergo strong red-ox reactions and make explosions if they meets adequate physical and chemical conditions.
Is Cleaning a painted surface with acid a chemical or physical change?
Chemical broooooooooooooooo niga
Is crushing charcoal into powder a physical or chemical change?
Chemical I think
Is explosions a chemical or physical change?
chemical
Are explosions a physical change or a chemical change?
Chemical, an explosion is essentially extremely fast combustion which is a chemical reaction.
What is a reacts with oxygen is it physical or chemical?
Chlorine is a highly reactive agent thus this indeed is chemical.
Are exploding fireworks an example of a physical or chemical change?
Explosions are a form of either combustion or decomposition (or both) reactions, and they are chemical changes.
Is explosive a physical change?
By explosion, you mean combustion I presume. Because combustion is a type of reaction, explosions are chemical changes.
Is explosions a chemical or property?
This is a chemical property.
Why do explosions happen?
explosions happen because there is a chemical called acid that makes it explode
Can a nuclear power plant turn into a atomic bomb?
No, a reactor is operated at critical and a bomb at supercritical. Also reactors include safety shutdown systems that quickly make them subcritical stopping the reaction.However reactors can have steam explosions and hydrogen/oxygen explosions. These are physical and chemical explosions respectively, not nuclear.
What type of energy do explosions release?
Chemical.
Does an explosion produce light?
Not necessarily. Many of the explosions we are familiar with involve high-temperature chemical reactions, which do release light. Explosions at lower temperature, such as steam explosions, do not produce light.
Why should you never mix Hydrochloric acid and Sulfuric acid and Nitric acid?
They will undergo strong red-ox reactions and make explosions if they meets adequate physical and chemical conditions.
Is the explosiveness of fireworks a chemical or physical property?
Exploding fireworks is certainly a chemical property. When fireworks explode, numerous chemical reactions take place. Chemicals react to form colored light and sound as energy is released. Thus, this reaction is definitely a chemical property.
