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An industrial chemist is studying a sample of an unknown metal. Describe two ways he could change the metal physically and two ways he could change the metal chemically to try to identify it.

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Physical: slicing or cutting and painting it with a different color

Chemical: rusting
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Heat the metal until it melts (physical change).


Attempt to react the metal with oxygen (chemical change).


Stretch the metal into a wire (physical change).


Attempt to react the metal with acid (chemical change).


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