Butter melts when you heat it in a pan on the stove. is this a chemical change or physical change? how can you tell?

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Carleigh Gill

12 December, 04:47

Butter melts when you heat it in a pan on the stove. is this a chemical change or physical change? how can you tell?

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Van Ramirez · Answer 1

It is a physical change. It is still butter, but it is in a different form. Butter (not melted) is a solid. But when it melts, it is changed into a liquid. This is a physical change, because its form has changed. Nothing chemically has changed.