Properties of matter Substance can be defined by the characteristics they possess theirs characteristics are known as properties. Sugar is a white solid that disloves in water and gates sweet while ions have a metallic luster; it may be magnetic and rust with the formation of a reddish deposit Physical properties : these are properties associated with physical change examples are boiling point, melting point, density, hardness, e.t.c Chemical properties : these are properties associated when matter undergoes a change to form a new substance example rusting of iron
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Physical change is a change that can not be reversable that why its is called physically Once it changes it cannot return to its former form
Science interpreted nature in terms of energy and matter. Matter the material of which the universe is composed may be defined as anything that has weight and occupies space. Mass is the measure of quantity of matter
The chemical properties of matter are those that describes the chemical changes that matter undergoes examples are rusting of irons Properties that are not characteristics of any particular type of matter such as mass length temperature etc