Properties Of Matter Flashcards
What are the 2 kinds of properties?
Chemical and physical properties
These describe matter
Properties
Describes the way a substance reacts when it changes. Example: flammability, heat of combustion, toxicity, radioactivity, rusting, Ph, ability to oxidize
Chemic properties
Characteristics of a substance that can be observed WITHOUT changing the substance. Example: Viscosity, conductivity, malleability, hardness, shape, color, odor, texture, boiling point, melting point, strength, ability to conduct electricity, magnetism, heat, density shape, color,)
Physical Properties
Materials ability to allow heat flow, like metals
Comductivity
Viscosity
The tendency of a liquid to resist flowing, like honey (heat decreases viscosity)
Ability of a solid to be hammered or shaped without shattering. Like gold.
Maeability
Determined which is harder based on which scratches the other. Like diamonds.
Hardness
The mass per unit volume of a substance. LOW density= light. If known can determine if object will float in water.
Density what weighs more a brick or a sponge of the same size? A brick!
What is the density of water?
1 gram per Milliliter : object over 1 will float, object under 1 will sink
Mass divided by volume
Density