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When table salt dissolves in water is it a physical or chemical property?
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∙ 6y ago
It is both:
- It is a physical property because the solid salt becomes part of the liquid state of the water.
- It is a chemical property because the act of dissolving in water changes the salt (NaCl) into separate ions.
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