MATTER AND ENERGY

2.2 - Physical and Chemical Properties

Some examples of chemical properties are:

• paper burns
• iron rusts
• gold does not rust
• wood rots
• nitrogen does not burn
• silver does not react with water
• sodium reacts with water

In each of these, the substance's chemical property is its tendency to:

• react
• tarnish
• corrode
• explode

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