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Define physical and chemical properties, provide three examples of each, discuss their reversibility, and explain the fundamental differences between them.

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Physical properties are defined as the properties which can be observed without changing their chemical composition.

For example, color, volume, and molecular weight.

Chemical properties can be defined as, a properties that can be seen only after changing the substance's chemical identity.

For example, reactivity, toxicity, and flammability.

The fundamental differences between physical and chemical properties are as follows:

Chemical properties are related to chemical bonds of the substance, while physical properties are not.

In chemical properties, the chemical identity of substance changes while physical properties does not have any change.

Chemical properties predict the reaction of a substance, while physical properties only describe the appearance of the substance.

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