I.6.2. Chemical properties

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Chemical properties are those properties that refer to transformations that change the composition of the substance.

Examples of chemical properties:

- The property of burning (after burning the paper, we no longer have paper, we have ashes);

- The property of fats to go rancid (the rancidity is a different substance than the non-rancid oil);

- The property of wine to turn into vinegar (vinegar is a different substance than wine);

- The property of milk to turn sour (sour milk has a different composition and other properties than sweet milk);

- The property of iron to rust (rust is a substance other than iron);

- Copper's property of coking (coking is a different substance from copper;

- The property of wood to rot (rot has a different composition than wood).