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The part of the matchbook which is used to ignite a match is not just a rough surface which causes friction and heat when the match rubs against it, it also contains a combustion catalyst, not found in sandpaper.

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What processes is not a physical change drying wet clothes cutting snowflakes out of paper light a match from a matchbook?

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because it can't be changed back into it's normal form. the smell changes, which also tells you when a chemical change is taking place.


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The chemical energy - sugars - in your bloodstream are absorbed by the muscle cells in your arms. Your muscles convert this chemical energy into kinetic energy (the energy of motion) in moving the match against the sandpaper surface. The movement of the match against the sandpaper surface causes friction, changing the kinetic energy into heat. The heat of friction in the matchhead causes the phosphorus coating to ignite, converting the heat of friction into heat of combustion, in which the chemical energy in the match is oxidized into radiant heat.


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fricion can be used in machines, brakes in a car, sandpaper, lighting a match and rubbers.


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The match burns because of the friction between the sandpaper and the match. Try rubbing your hands together, it does the same thing! Can you feel your hands warm up? That is the same thing that is happening with the match. But no oxygen, and the fire goes out!