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    Physical and Chemical Changes

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    Physical changes alter a substance's physical properties like shape and size but do not change its chemical composition. Chemical changes alter a substance's chemical composition and create new substances through chemical reactions like burning or rusting. Rusting iron is a chemical change that requires oxygen and water to create rust (iron oxide). Preventing rust involves protecting iron from air and water through greasing, painting, or galvanization. Crystallization like salt forming from seawater is a physical change where atoms arrange into crystals without a chemical change.

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    Physical and Chemical Changes

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    Physical changes alter a substance's physical properties like shape and size but do not change its chemical composition. Chemical changes alter a substance's chemical composition and create new substances through chemical reactions like burning or rusting. Rusting iron is a chemical change that requires oxygen and water to create rust (iron oxide). Preventing rust involves protecting iron from air and water through greasing, painting, or galvanization. Crystallization like salt forming from seawater is a physical change where atoms arrange into crystals without a chemical change.

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    Physical changes alter a substance's physical properties like shape and size but do not change its chemical composition. Chemical changes alter a substance's chemical composition and create new substances through chemical reactions like burning or rusting. Rusting iron is a chemical change that requires oxygen and water to create rust (iron oxide). Preventing rust involves protecting iron from air and water through greasing, painting, or galvanization. Crystallization like salt forming from seawater is a physical change where atoms arrange into crystals without a chemical change.

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    Physical and Chemical Changes

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    Physical changes alter a substance's physical properties like shape and size but do not change its chemical composition. Chemical changes alter a substance's chemical composition and create new substances through chemical reactions like burning or rusting. Rusting iron is a chemical change that requires oxygen and water to create rust (iron oxide). Preventing rust involves protecting iron from air and water through greasing, painting, or galvanization. Crystallization like salt forming from seawater is a physical change where atoms arrange into crystals without a chemical change.

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    Physical and Chemical Changes

    Physical Changes
    • Physical Properties of a substance are those characteristics of a
    substance that describes its physical nature.
    • For Example, colour, density, shape, size and volume are some
    physical properties.
    • Physical Change is a change which occurs when there is an
    alteration in the physical properties of a substance.
    • The physical change does not result in the formation of any new
    substance but can alter the shape and size of the existing
    substance.
    Chemical Changes
    • Chemical alterations occur when the substance’s composition and
    chemical characteristics are altered
    • New chemicals are created as a result of chemical reactions.
    • This is a permanent and irrevocable transformation.
    • For instance, a candle is lit, the curd is formed from milk, and fruits
    ripen.

    Rusting
    • Rusting is an example of chemical change.
    Iron (Fe) + Oxygen (O₂, from the air) + water (H₂O) → rust (iron
    oxide Fe₂O₃)
    • For rusting, the presence of both oxygen and water (or water
    vapour) is essential.
    • Rusting can be prevented by cutting the contact of either air or
    water or both with iron.
    Protection from Rusting
    • The same can be done by greasing, oiling, painting and
    galvanising iron.
    • The process of depositing a layer of zinc on iron is called
    galvanisation.
    • Rusting can also be checked by alloying iron with other
    elements. Stainless steel is an alloy of iron with carbon,
    chromium, nickel and manganese.

    Crystallisation
    • This is a type of physical change.
    • Common example of naturally occurring crystallization is formation
    of salt crystals by evaporation of seawater.
    • Salt crystal obtained is impure and irregular crystals are formed.
    • Crystallization is a process by which crystals are formed due to the
    arrangement of atoms or molecules in a particular manner.

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