Classify the following as physical or chemical properties.
(a) The composition of a sample of steel is: iron, carbon and other elements.
(b) Zinc dissolves in hydrochloric acid with the evolution of hydrogen gas.
(c) Metallic sodium is soft enough to be cut with a knife.
(d) Most metal oxides form alkalis on interacting with water.
Solution:
Chemical property: When two substance combine to make a new compound, which does not show the properties of any reacting substances.
Physical property: Appearance, composition, state, melting point, elasticity, malleability etc.
(a) Physical property
(b) Chemical property
(c) Physical property
(d) Chemical property