1.
Physical Properties of Matter

2.
What are properties?
● Matter has observable (using your senses) and
measurable qualities that can help us identify,
describe, and classify matter.
● Physical properties are the characteristics of
matter that can be observed without
changing the substance to something else.
● Two basic types of properties of matter:
Physical properties and Chemical properties:

3.
Examples of Physical
Properties:
● Density
● Freezing Point
● Boiling Point
● Melting Point
● Conductivity
● Magnetism
● Solubility
● Ductility
● Malleability
These properties don’t change
no matter how much you have
of a substance.
They’re independent!

4.
Density
A physical property that
relates the mass and
volume of an object or
material.
D = M / V
Density = Mass/Volume

5.
Freezing point
● The temperature at which a liquid changes into a
solid.
● Different substances have different freezing
points.

6.
Boiling Point
● The temperature at which the liquid form of
an element or compound turns to a gas.
● The boiling point of water is 100 degrees
Celsius, regardless of the amount.
● Different substances have different boiling
points.

7.
Melting Point
● The temperature at which the solid form of the
element or compound becomes a liquid
● The melting point of water is 0 degrees Celsius
● Different substances have different
melting points.

8.
Conductivity
Metals that
can transmit
heat and
electricity
easily.

9.
Magnetism
● Metals that are
attracted to
magnets and can be
made into magnets.

10.
Solubility
● The property of a
substance to dissolve in a
solvent to form a solution.
● Solute: A substance that
dissolves in another substance.
● Solvent: the substance that
dissolves the solute.
● Solution: A mixture of 2 or
more substances that can not
be easily separated and makes
a new substance.
Example Sugar and Water

11.
Ductility
● The property of a
substance that allows it
to be stretched into a
thin wire

12.
Malleability
● The property of a substance that
allows it to be shaped into a thin
sheet