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A physical change is a change in chemical composition. A physical change is a change where chemical composition is not altered. Not all chemical changes are accompanied by a physical change, but some are. The same is true for the reverse.

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Chemical changes can be reserved by physical change?

No, chemical changes cannot be reversed by physical changes. Chemical changes involve the formation of new substances with different properties, while physical changes only affect the state or appearance of a substance without changing its chemical composition. Once a chemical change occurs, it cannot be undone by a physical change.


Are phase changes physical or chemical in nature?

Phase changes are physical changes in nature. They involve a change in the state of matter (solid, liquid, gas) rather than a change in the chemical composition of the substance. Heating or cooling a substance can trigger phase changes.


What is one major difference in a physical change and a chemical change is?

Physical change, changes the appearance or the surface. Chemical change, changes the minerals inside the object. Physical deals with the appearance and the surface. Chemical changes the structure of the minerals inside the object.


Is the nitrogen cycle a physical or a chemical change?

The nitrogen cycle involves both physical and chemical changes. Physical changes include nitrogen fixation by bacteria and nitrification, while chemical changes include denitrification and ammonification.


What criteria are used to distinguish between a chemical and physical change?

One distinguishing feature between physical and chemical changes is that a physical change can be reverse or turn back to its original form, but chemical change cannot be return to its form because the material change.

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Are all physical changes accompanied by chemical changes?

Not all chemical changes are accompanied by a visible physical change. Most chemical changes however will be accompanied by a physical change.


Is it true that Physical changes are often accompanied by changes in color or odor?

No, a chemical change is usually accompanied by a change in color or odor. A physical change is a change that is the same substance before and after and usually accompanied by a change in state of matter (evaporation, condensation, melting, freezing, sublimating, etc).


Are physical change accompanied by chemical change?

No


Is reacting a physical change or chemical change?

Reacting can involve both physical changes and chemical changes. Physical changes involve alterations in the physical state of a substance without changing its chemical composition, while chemical changes involve the formation of new substances with different chemical compositions.


Is etching glass with acid a chemical or physical change?

It is a physical change caused by chemicals. Chemical changes are phyiscal changes.


Are phrase changes a chemical or physical change?

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.


Chemical changes can be reserved by physical change?

No, chemical changes cannot be reversed by physical changes. Chemical changes involve the formation of new substances with different properties, while physical changes only affect the state or appearance of a substance without changing its chemical composition. Once a chemical change occurs, it cannot be undone by a physical change.


What are two kind of changes in matter?

Two types of changes in matter are physical changes and chemical changes. Physical changes involve a change in appearance, such as a change in shape or state, without forming new substances. Chemical changes involve a rearrangement of atoms to form new substances with different chemical properties.


What are physical and chemical?

physical changes do not change the chemical properties of a substance


Would freezing an object be physical change or chemical change?

Physical changes and Chemical changes are both the same - this would be a reversible change.


What is the difference between a chemical change and physical change?

A physical change changes the physical properties of an element like color where chemical changes change the chemical properties of an element and usually can't be undone.