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Is a rusting car a physical or a chemical change and why??

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Rusting is a chemical change because it’s oxidation.
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Rusting is an example of a chemical change. A chemical property describes the ability of a substance to undergo a specific chemical change. A chemical property of iron is that it is capable of combining with oxygen to form iron oxide, the chemical name of rust
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