Question

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

Answer 1

A measurable property that can be observed typically and explains any matter or organism's appearance and physical behavior is called a physical property. Examples of physical properties are appearance, boiling point, freezing point, melting point, colors, odor, mass, density, solubility. Properties that are only observed during a reaction or change in the composition of a matter is called a chemical property. These properties describe the internal part of anything and explain how it behaves when reacted with other chemical substances. Examples are enthalpy, entropy, reactivity, flammability, oxidation state, acidity, basicity. Some physical properties are reversible or sometimes irreversible. Like the change of states of matter is reversible, and the growth of an organism is irreversible. The same thing with the chemical properties. There are reversible chemical reactions(formation of ammonium chloride) and irreversible chemical reactions. (burning of a chemical substance). After knowing all about these properties, the most fundamental difference is that the physical properties can be measured without any chemical change in them. But a chemical property is measurable when the substance goes through a chemical reaction.

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Answer 2

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

For example: color, volume, and molecular weight.

Chemical properties are defined as the properties which can be observed only after changing chemical identity of the substance.

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, chemical identity of substance changes while physical properties do not have any change.

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

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