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Physical Property

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A physical property is a characteristic of matter that can be observed without changing the substance's chemical composition.

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The color and density of a copper wire can both be observed without turning the copper into anything else.

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Some physical properties, like a melting point, only appear once the substance undergoes a physical change — that change is still not a chemical one.