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Making toast is a chemical reaction because you can't change it back into untoasted bread.

The drying of the bread is physical but the actual caramelization or darkening of the outer bread layer is a chemical change. The outer edges of the bread are beginning to char. Generally, a color change is an indicator of a chemical change.

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Is butter melting on toast a chemical or a physical change?

it is a physical change


Is toast browning a chemical or physical?

Toast browning is a chemical change because it involves the Maillard reaction, where the sugars and amino acids in the bread react to produce new compounds that give the toast its characteristic brown color and flavor. This reaction cannot be reversed by simply changing the physical state of the toast.


Is burning toast in the toaster physical or chemical?

Yes, it is. The process by which heat changes the molecules of the bread from white and soft to brown and crispy is a chemical change. A chemical change does NOT mean you have to add chemicals. It just means the chemicals (molecules) in the substance changed their chemistry. So slicing bread is a physical change, but toasting it is a chemical change.


Is butter melting on warm toast a chemical or physical property?

It is a physical property. A chemical property would involve the butter reacting to the toast, but the butter is actually reacting to the heat from the toast. The butter would melt against any surface hot enough, where as butter would not melt on cold toast. Hence, the reaction to heat makes it a physical property. (A relatively easy way to remember is that physical properties deal with the transfer of physical energy or force such as heat, inertia, etc. Chemical properties occur when two material substances trade molecules or electrons.)


What are the differences between the physical and chemical?

in changes. Physical changes can be reversed. E.g. if you were to melt a block of ice, and then freeze it again, it would to some degree be reversed. This is a physical change. However, if you were to burn a peace of toast, the change would be chemical. Once the toast is burnt you cant get it back.

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Is burning toast a chemical change or a physical change how do you know?

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Is a burning toast a physical or chemical change How do you know?

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Is burning toast a physical change?

Burning toast would be a chemical change. The bread would be changed into carbon and the reaction can not be reversed.