Question

Water is found all three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas. If you place an ice cube in a pan and melt it to water and then heat it to steam, this is a physical change. Why isn't this a chemical change?

Answer 1

because it is still the same substance. a chemical change is completely changing to a different thing. in all of the states, ice water and steam, it is still the same substance.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

The elemental, chemical makeup of water (that is, H₂0) is the same no matter what state of matter it is in.

Since it is not losing or gaining any atoms when it changes states of matter, it is simply a physical change.

I hope I helped!