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Physical and chemical
changes

Azneezal Ar-Rashid
Smk Sri Aman
95007 Sri Aman, Sarawak
Physical changes
 Definition
 Changes that do not produce new
substance
 Only the physical properties of the
substances change but the chemical
properties and chemical compositions
remain the same
 Characteristic
 Normally can be reversed

 Mass of reacting substances

 Remains the same

 Examples
 1. Melting of ice into water
 2. Freezing of water into ice
 3. Heating of water into steam
 4. Heating of iodine in a closed container
Chemical changes
 Definition
 Changes that produce new
substances which have different
chemical compositions and chemical
properties from the reacting
substances
 Characteristic
 Normally cannot be reversed
 Mass of reacting substances
 Changes
 Examples
 1. Heating of iron with sulphur
 2. Burning of magnesium producing magnesium oxide
 3. Rusting of iron producing iron oxide