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Explain why the boiling point of water is a characteristic physical property, but the temperature and the volume of a glass of water are not.
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Explain why the boiling point of water is a characteristic physical property, but the temperature and the volume of a glass of water are not.

Explain why the boiling point of water is a characteristic physical property, but-example-1
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Boiling and melting points are physical properties because they do not change the chemical nature of the substance whose properties you are measuring.
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