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4. If matter goes through a chemical change, are the physical properties likely to stay the same?


Please say yes or no and explain why.​

User Jakub Michalko
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Answer: If matter goes through a chemical change then the physical properties are not likely to stay the same.

Step-by-step explanation:

When chemical composition of a substance changes during a chemical reaction then it is called a chemical change.

Chemical change always leads to the formation of new substances. Properties like chemical reactivity, combustion, rusting etc are chemical changes.

For example,
N_(2) + 3H_(2) \rightarrow 2NH_(3)

Here,
NH_(3) will have different chemical as well as physical properties as compared to
N_(2) and
H_(2).

As physical properties are the properties that cause change in state of a substance.

Properties like boiling point, state of substance etc are physical properties.

Thus, we can conclude that if matter goes through a chemical change then the physical properties are not likely to stay the same.

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