Combined Science GCSE
Chemical change
What Chemical change means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Chemical change
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A change in which new substances with different properties form and simple reversal does not recover the original material.
Topics that use Chemical change
- Changes of state (AQA GCSE)
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