Matter and Its Properties

Properties of Matter

Physical and Chemical

Physical or Chemical Property?
Color
Texture
Flammability
Reactivity
Melting and Boiling Point
Physical Properties
- are properties that can be observed
without changing the identity of the
substance.
melting point
boiling point
density
color
Mass
Physical Properties

Intensive property - are properties

that do not depend on the amount
of matter present or being
measured.
Examples:
Color, hardness, and boiling point.
Physical Properties

Extensive property - are properties

that depend on the amount of
matter present or being tested.
Examples :
mass, volume and length
 Other Physical Properties
Viscosity of a substance is 

its resistance to flow.

Examples: water = low viscosity

honey = high viscosity

Conductivity is a material’s ability to allow

heat to flow.

Examples: metal = high conductivity


wood = poor conductivity
Examples of Physical Properties
Malleability of a substance is 

its ability to be hammered into a thin sheet

* Ductility
* Brittleness
* Luster
Physical Change
A change in the appearance, without
changing the composition of the
material.
• Can be reversible, or irreversible
• Substance may seem different, but the way the
atoms link up is the same.

It changes shape or size

It dissolves.

Or the substance changes phase.

Chemical Properties
- are properties that relates to the
composition of matter.
Examples of chemical properties . . .

flammability reactivity
Material’s ability How readily a
to burn in the substance combines
presence of chemically with other
oxygen. substances.
Chemical Changes
Chemical changes occur when a substance
reacts and forms one or more new
substances.
You know a chemical change has occurred
when . . .

A change in color.

Production of a gas.

Formation of a precipitate.
Physical or Chemical Change?
Separation Techniques for
Mixtures