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A physical change can be reversed, for it does not change what the object is made of. The glass, even when broken, is still glass. It can be put back into its original state (possibly through melting) because it never changed what it was made out of.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoJust a physical change. The chemical composition has not changed, so it is not a chemical change.
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True.
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Is breaking glass a chemical property?
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