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Why is the melting of ice a physical change ?

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Because No New Substance if Formed!

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When ice melts, it is still considered to be water, it's just no longer a solid. The molecules of water do not become something else and simply just change phases. A chemical reaction requires that a new substance be formed, for example when you burn paper, a new substance is formed. Also melting ice is reversible, you can just freeze it again, while chemical reactions cannot be reversed!

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