Water boils. Is this a chemical or physical change?
1 Answer
Sep 30, 2016
This is a physical change, as indeed are all changes of state.
Explanation:
Most would agree that changes of state are a physical change: solid to liquid; liquid to gas; condensation etc. Here, we make a transition from the liquid state to the gaseous state:
No chemical bonds have been broken, and no new substances have been formed. The transition is an example of physical change.
