1. Physical Properties
Section 17.2

2. Demo Describe the items you see displayed.
Color
Odor
Texture
Size
Shape
State
Why is it important to use a variety of properties when describing objects?

3. Properties of Matter
Different forms of matter can be identified if enough is known about their properties.
Properties are of two different types:
Physical – properties that can be observed or measured without changing the matter’s identity
Chemical – properties that describe matter’s ability to change into new matter that has different properties.
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4. Physical Properties There are many physical properties:
State (solid, liquid, gas, plasma)
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5. Physical Properties
Density: the amount of mass in a given amount of space 𝐷= 𝑚 𝑉
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6. Physical Properties
Malleability: the ability of a material to be rolled or pounded into thin sheets, to be deformed without breaking when struck.
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7. Physical Properties
Ductility: the ability of a material to be drawn out into a wire

8. Physical Properties
Solubility: the ability of a material to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar in water
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9. Physical Properties
Electric conductance: the ability of a material to allow an electric current to pass through it
Magnetism: some substances are attracted to a magnet

10. Physical Properties Sensory stimuli: color smell taste (halite)

11. Physical Properties
Thermal conductivity: how fast a substance transfers heat
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12. Physical Properties - Applications
Electronic coin testers in vending machines can instantly identify the properties of real coins and reject fake coins.
Electric current measures metal content and size
Magnet and light sensors detect coin’s size and sort coins according to their value
Coins without the correct metal content or size are rejected

13. Physical Properties - Applications
By comparing the density of King Hieron II’s crown with that of a bar of pure gold, the Greek inventor and mathematician Archimedes was able to prove that the crown was not made of pure gold and that a goldsmith had cheated the king.
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14. Ident. by Density
Each substance has its own density, different from any other substance, which doesn’t change if the temperature and pressure stay the same. That means substances can be identified by their densities.
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15. Density of Liquids Some liquids are more dense than others.
Liquids that are more dense will sink, while less dense liquids rise.
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16. Cool Fact
The density of a fresh egg is 1.2 g/mL, but the density of a spoiled egg is about 0.9 g/mL.
The egg’s density decreases as it ages because as it spoils, it loses water through the tiny pores in the shell.
So, don’t eat an egg that floats It’s spoiled!

17. Physical Changes
Physical changes affect one or more of a substance’s physical properties.
When matter undergoes a physical change, no new substance is formed. The appearance of the matter may change drastically, but most of the identifying properties remain unchanged.
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18. Physical Changes Physical changes are reversible.
Freezing, melting, boiling, condensation, evaporation and sublimation are all physical changes called changes of state.
When sugar dissolves in water, a physical change has occurred. Evaporation can allow the sugar to be reclaimed.
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19. Physical Changes
Although density is the same for a substance at constant temperature and pressure, if the temperature and/or the pressure is changed, the density of the substance also changes.

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