Is melting physical or a chemical change?

Answer 1

it is a physical change

Ice melting is a physical change. Anything changing from a solid to a liquid (or liquid to solid), or from a liquid to gas (or gas to liquid) is a physical change).

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physical change is anything changing from a solid to a liquid

Answer 2

Any change of state is only a physical change, since you still have the same chemicals present. Thus, melting is a physical change.

Answer 3

The melting of an element or compound is a physical change. Changing the state of that substance from solid to liquid.

Answer 4

Physical, I actually just learned this in chemisty

Answer 5

Melting is a physical change.