PROPERTIES and CHANGES Review
Physical Properties Any characteristic of a material that can be observed or measured with out changing the composition of that substance.
VISCOSITY The tendency of a liquid to resist flowing
CONDUCTIVITY A materials ability to allow heat to flow through it.
MALLEABILITY The ability of a solid to be hammered with out shattering.
HARDNESS The resistance of a material to scratching.
MELTING POINT The temperature at which a SOLID melts.
BOILING POINT The temperature at which a liquid boils.
DENSITY The ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume. Density= Mass/Volume D=M/V
Chemical Properties The way a substance reacts with other substances to form new substances with different properties.
Reactivity The property that describes how easily a substance combines chemically with other substances.
Flammability The ability of a material to burn in the presence of oxygen.
Physical Change Changes that occur when some of the properties of a material change, but the substances in the material remain the same.
Chemical Changes A change that occurs when a substance reacts and forms one or more new substances.