Some properties of liquid water are very different from those of solid water (ice). Explain why freezing is considered a physical change, even though the properties of water change when it freezes.

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6 January, 23:55

Some properties of liquid water are very different from those of solid water (ice). Explain why freezing is considered a physical change, even though the properties of water change when it freezes.

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Yareli Fleming · Answer 1

A chemical change is a change in the chemical makeup of a substance and results in a new substance. Ice and water both have the same chemical makeup - ice is just a different state and has the same atoms but in an expanded form.