cookies Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 Ive tried my best to answer please, can someone check it? Physical vs. Chemical Properties 1. Red color - Physical property 2. density - physical 3. flammability - physical 4. solubility - Chemical property 5. reacts with acid to from hydrogen - Chemical property 6. supports combustions - Chemical property 7. bitter taste - Phyiscal property 8. melting point - physical 9. reacts with water to form gas - Chemical Property 10. reacts with a base to form water - Chemical Property 11. hardness - Physical property 12. boiling point - physical property 13. can neutralize a base - chemical property Phyiscal vs chemical change 1. Sodium hydroxide dissolves in water - Chemical 2. Hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide to produce a salt, water, and heat - Chemical 3. A pellet of sodium is sliced in two - Physical 4. Water is heated and changed to steam - Physical 5. Potassium chlorate decomposes to potassium chloride and oxygen gas - Chemical 6. Iron rusts - Chemical 7. ice melts - physical 8. Acid on limestone produces carbon dioxide gas - chemical 9. milk sours - chemical 10. wood rots - physical Substances vs. Mixture 1. sodium - S 2. water - S 3. Soil - M 4. Coffee - M 5. Oxygen - S 6. Alcohol - M 7. Carbon dioxide - S 8. Cake batter - M 9. Air - M 10. Soup - M 11. Iron - S 12. Salt water - M 13. ice cream - M 14. nitrogen - S 15. eggs - M 16. blood - M 17. table salt - S 18. nail polish - M 19. milk - M 20. Cola - M
MolotovCocktail Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 Ok: Physical Properties vs Chemical Properties: 4 is still wrong. Solubility is a physical property because it determines how well it can mix with other substances. Physical vs Chemical Change: 1 is wrong. When a substance dissolves in a liquid, it is a physical change because it is not reacting with the liquid, just mixing in. 10 is wrong. Wood rotting is a chemical change. Substances vs Mixture: 6 is wrong. Alcohol is a substance (For example, the one we drink, Ethanol, is C2-H5-OH.)
YT2095 Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 3, Flammability. I think I would put as Chemical rather than Physical. Combustion cannot occur without a Chemical change/reaction.
abskebabs Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 Hiya! Hmm... really these are all "physical" properties, but from the perspective of chemistry, I agree with the other posters' comments. I make one addition, that I would have said 7. bitter taste is a chemical property. I don't think the mechanism behind taste, or certainly smell is that well understood though, so it's a little bit open. My gut reaction would be to go with chemical, as there is no phase or "state" where things are bitter but certain substances will have a taste due to their elemenatary composition.
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