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Which of these is a chemical

change?
A. paper burning
B. salt disolving
C. water boiling

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"Paper Burning"

Paper burning is a chemical change because when you burn paper, a new chemical substance, ash, is being formed. These changes are irreversable.

Ash cannot return back to paper state.

Salt dissolving is a physical change. This is because no chemical reaction occurs.

Water boiling is also a physical change. Just like mentioned above, no chemical reaction or chemical substance is being formed. Water turns into a gaseous state, which is reversable (according to the water cycle, a whole different chapter.)

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