Question

Identify the following as an example of a physical property or a chemical property. Silver tarnishes when it comes into contact with hydrogen sulfide in the air. a)physical property
b)chemical property

Answer 1

The answer would be A) Physical Change. When the silver tarnishes it is still remnants of silver. If it were B, the silver would change into a different substance.

Answer 2

Answer: Option (b) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A physical property is defined as a property that does not change the chemical composition of a substance.

For example, boiling point, melting point, density, mass etc are all physical properties.

Whereas a chemical property is defined as a property that bring chemical changes in a substance.

For example, silver tarnishes when it comes into contact with hydrogen sulfide in the air is a chemical property. This is because due to chemical reaction with hydrogen sulfide and air there occurs tarnishing in silver.

Hence, we can conclude that given example is a chemical property.