Physics GCSE
Physical versus chemical change
What Physical versus chemical change means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Physical versus chemical change
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A physical change alters the form or arrangement of a substance without making a new substance, while a chemical change produces a new substance with different properties.
Topics that use Physical versus chemical change
- Changes of state (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Change in temperature
- Changes of state
- Energy, mass and specific latent heat relationship
- latent heat
- Recovery of original properties
- Reversibility
- specific heat capacity
- Specific latent heat
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