Property
In various sciences and philosophy, a Property is a quality, intrinsic or extrinsic, of objects. Object, in this case, can designate very different natures of things, depending on the field of study or the context.
Physical
A physical property of matter is one that results from the position and characteristics of its particles and that can be measured without causing a change in the identity of the material.[1] An example of a physical property of the materials is radioactivity.[2] Another physical property is the hardness, one of the most useful tests for identifying minerals.[3]
Chemical
Chemical properties are the properties of matter that describes how one substance reacts in the presence of other substances [4]. For instance, an important property of covalent bonds is that, for a given pair of atoms, they are equal in length, angle and direction regardless of the largest molecule that is part of the specific binding.[5]
References
- ↑ Cox, H., Porch, T., Wetzel, J. Chemistry for Christian Schools. Bob Jones University Press; Greenville, South Carolina. 2000 (p.537).
- ↑ Bunch, Bryan; Hellemans, Alexander. The History of Science and Technology. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 1899. ISBN 0-618-22123-9.
- ↑ Allaby, Michael, ed. (2008). A Dicionary of Earth Sciences (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978–0–19–921194–4.
- ↑ Cox, p.530
- ↑ Purves , William K.; Sadava, David; Orians, Gordon H.; Heller, H. Craig (2003). Life The Science of Biology (7th ed.). W. H. Freeman. p. 21-22. ISBN 978-0-71678851-5.
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