Principles of General Chemistry
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780073402697
Author: SILBERBERG, Martin S.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.77P
Scenes A and B depict changes in matter at the atomic scale:
- Which show(s) a physical change? (b) Which show(s) a chemical change? (c) Which result(s) in different physical properties? (d) Which result(s) in different chemical properties? (e) Which result(s) in a change in state?
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Scenes A and B depict changes in matter at the atomic scale:
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