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Why is flammability a chemical property rather than a physical property?
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Why is flammability a chemical property rather than a physical property?

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Because combustion is a chemical change. A chemical change is defined by one or more substances being changed into one or more new substances. This being said, since when something is set on fire it changes the substance, it is a chemical change.

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