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Yes, there is no chemical changes to the wood.

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What is an example of a physical rather than a chemical change an antacid sawdust or a cigarette?

Sawdust is not a change. Making solid wood into sawdust by sawing it, would be a physical change.


Is sawdust a part of physical?

Sawdust is part of a physical change that takes place when wood is sawed.


Is wood sawed and made into a toy box a chemical or physical change?

Physical-it is still wood, just in small pieces


What is an example of a phycisa rather than a chemical change acigarette being smoked sawdust that is piling up under a table an old garden rake that is rusting?

sawdust that is piling up under a table - is a physical change


Is a log that is turned into sawdust a physical change?

Yes... chemically - it's still wood - just in much smaller pieces.


What is a example of a physical rather than a chemical change an antacid medicine reacting with stomach acid an old garden rake that is rusting sawdust that is piling up under a tabl?

sawdust pilling under the table.


Is converting wood into saw dust a reversible change?

No, converting wood into sawdust is an irreversible change because the physical structure of the wood is permanently altered during the process. Once wood is broken down into sawdust, it cannot be easily converted back into its original form.


What are the chemicals that make up sawdust?

Sawdust is chemically the same as wood -- it has only undergone a physical change to grind it into small pieces. Just as wood, sawdust is composed of chemicals such as cellulose and lignin, along with water.


Is drilling a hole in wood a physical change?

Yes, it typically is. Both the wood (sawdust) removed and the remaining block are still wood. They have not changed chemically. For that matter, reducing the whole block to sawdust would not make the wood a different substance, only a different form.


What is the behavior of sawdust in heat water?

When sawdust is heated in water, it can absorb the water and swell due to the cellulose fibers present in it. As the temperature rises, the sawdust may release some compounds into the water through leaching. However, sawdust itself does not dissolve in water but can undergo physical changes like softening and expanding.


Is sawdust that is piling up under a table saw an example of physical change?

Yes, Because it is still the same piece of wood just cut up, you could put back togethere again if you had to.


Is crumple a chemical change or physical change?

Crumple is a physical change.