Physical or Chemical Changes? Classify These Reactions Without Prefixes!

  • Thread starter Thread starter Zappa
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Chemical Physical
AI Thread Summary
The discussion revolves around classifying various reactions as physical or chemical changes. Participants suggest that most reactions, including tarnishing of copper and heating sugar to form caramel, are chemical changes. There is uncertainty regarding the classification of evaporating a copper sulfate solution and adding sodium metal to water, with some suggesting they may be physical changes. A suggestion is made to research sodium's reaction with water for clarity. Overall, the conversation emphasizes the distinction between physical and chemical changes in the context of specific reactions.
Zappa
Messages
1
Reaction score
0
This question asks me to classify each of the following as a physical or a chemical change.

a. Tarnishing of copper
b. Heating sugar to form caramel
c. Pouring concentrated nitric acid on a copper coin to form brown fumes
d. Evaporating a solution of copper sulfate to dryness (to form blue crystals)
e. Heating lead nitrate until brown fumes form
f. Adding sodium carbonate to water
g. Adding sodium metal to water

To me they all seem like chemical changes. :confused: The only ones that might not be are d and g, but I'm not really sure.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Hey Zappa;

Go to your favorite search engine, type in "Sodium", choose a site, and see what it says about when Sodium is added to water. Good luck.

Best of health.

Steve
 
I don't get how to argue it. i can prove: evolution is the ability to adapt, whether it's progression or regression from some point of view, so if evolution is not constant then animal generations couldn`t stay alive for a big amount of time because when climate is changing this generations die. but they dont. so evolution is constant. but its not an argument, right? how to fing arguments when i only prove it.. analytically, i guess it called that (this is indirectly related to biology, im...
Back
Top