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The melting point is a physical property of materials.

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Is the melting point of table salt physical or chemical property?

The melting point is a physical property.


Why is the melting point of table salt a physical property?

During melting the chemical composition of NaCl is not changed.


Is melting salt a chemical reaction or physical reaction?

simply yes, because if you put them together, then the chemicals collide and therefore makes a chemical change.


What is a physical change for salt?

For example melting and boiling of salt are physical processes.


Why would the dissolution of table salt in water be considered gray area between chemical and physical change?

Because when the salt is dissolved, the chemical makeup of the crystal changes, making it a chemical change. However, you can evaporate the water, capture all the steam, cool the steam, and then you have the salt (original chemical makeup) and the water, making it a physical change.

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Is the melting point of table salt physical or chemical property?

The melting point is a physical property.


Why is the melting point of table salt a physical property?

During melting the chemical composition of NaCl is not changed.


Is snow melting when salt is added a chemical or physical change?

Melting of ice with salt is example of physical change as there is no chemical reaction involved .


What are physical and chemical properties of salt?

it has an high melting point


When table salt forms from its elements is it chemical or physical change?

It is chemical. It is chemical because when salt is formed from elements it becomes a chemical and not a physical.


Melting ice rate with salt?

Yes, and this depends on the chemical and physical nature of the salt and also on the concentration.


Is dissolving table salt in a bowl of soup be chemical or physical change?

Dissolving salt in soup is a physical change.


Is possolving table salt in a glass of water a physical change of a chemical change?

It is a physical change because the chemical composition of the salt and water does not change.


Is melting ice by spreading salt on an icy sidewalk a chemical or physical change?

physical change because by adding salt you are lowering its melting point thus can melt the ice at low temperature.


Does salt effect the ability of ice's melting rate?

Yes, and this depends on the chemical and physical nature of the salt and also on the concentration.


Is formation of table salt a physical or chemical change?

Formation of NaCl from chlorine and sodium is a chemical process.


Is dissloving a chemical or physical change?

Dissolving sugar or table salt in water is purely a Physical change