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When gold changes from a solid to a liquid is that a physical or chemical change?
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It is a physical change (melting).
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What happens when a substance changes state from a solid or liquid?
This change in the state of matter (liquid to solid) is called freezing.This change in the state of matter (solid to liquid) is called melting.They are physical change, the chemical nature of the molecules is not changed.
Is a change in phase a chemical or physical change?
A phase change is when matter changes into another form but keeps its properties.For example, ice melting into water is an example of the phase change melting.The main types of phase changes are melting, vaporization, freezing and condensation.- Melting is when a solid turns into a liquid.- Freezing is when a liquid turns into a solid.- Vaporization is when a liquid turns into a gas. Boiling is a form of vaporization when the change takes place throughout the liquid. Evaporation is a form of vaporization in which the phase change takes place only at the top of the liquid.- Condensation is when a gas turns into a liquid.- There is also sublimation, which is when a solid turns directly into a gas.- Deposition is when a gas turns directly into a solid.
Is boiling water an example of chemical change?
No, a chemical change is when a substance and forms one or more new substances, it changes its composition. examples: changes in color production of gas formation of precipitate Boiling water is an example of physical change, it can be any phase change.
What does it mean when there is physical change?
A physical change is one where no new substance is produced. Melting is an example of a physical change. When you melt iron, you get liquid iron, it's still the same chemical substance. If you melt copper, you get liquid copper, not liquid iron.
When a liquid changes into a gas what kind of physical change has occurred?
A liquid changing into a gas is called evaporation.
Are state changes physical or chemical changes?
A change of state: Solid <-> Liquid <-> Gas A change of state is a physical change.
If water is boiling is it a chemical change or a physical change?
It is a physical change. All phase changes are physical, not chemical. The chemical composition of water does not change when it changes from a liquid to a gas, or for that matter, to a solid.
Is changing from a gas to a liquid a chemical change?
No, changes of state such as this are physical changes.
What are two kinds of changes that occur in matter?
The two types of changes in matter that it goes through is physical change and chemical change... trust me, we are learning this at school.
Is it physical or chemical change a candle wax falls on the ground and cools?
Cooling, and changing from a liquid to a solid are physical changes, not chemical changes. The chemical composition of the paraffin does not change.
What Is the between physical changes and chemical change?
Physical changes is change in property. Ex) change from solid to liquid....ice to water. Chemical change changes to different substances. Ex) rotting of fruit.
Classify as chemical and physical change-freezing of water?
Physical. changes of state (solid, liquid, gas) are physical changes.
Is hydrogen burning a physical or chemical change?
burning in presence or absence of oxygen is a chemical change.
Why are change of state physical changes?
The identity of the property does not change so the physical properties change but not the chemical
When liquid nitrogen boils at - 196 celsius is that chemical or physical changes?
Boiling is a physical change because there is no change in the chemical composition of the substance.
Is the boiling of water until it becomes water vapor is a physical or chemical change?
It's a physical change. All changes of state (solid to liquid, or liquid to gas, for example) are physical changes.
Is melting ice a chemical or physical change explain?
It is a physical change because when you have a chemical change it changes the properties and makes it into a new thing, and it can't be reversed. Physical changes are usually just changes of states (solid, liquid, gas) and a physical change can be reversed.
