
Episode 9: Matter and Molecules
The Science of Everything Podcast
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The Differences Between Physical and Chemical Properties
There are two different types of properties that we can identify with substances. Under the right conditions, safety, vary the temperature, the pressure, or lighting, etc., physical properties can actually change without altering the underlying chemical structure of a substance. Now just before I mention the chemical reactions, you may have been wondering what that is. Well, you might have atoms moving this way or that way, but there's no changing in their relationships at a microscopic level. That's the key difference between a physical change and a chemical change.
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