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Changes That Materials Undergo Due To Heat and Oxygen

Heat and oxygen can cause both physical and chemical changes in materials. Heat alone can result in physical changes that alter a material's appearance but not its composition, while heating in the presence of oxygen can trigger irreversible chemical reactions that produce new substances. For example, slicing an eggplant exposes its inner flesh to oxygen, causing it to turn brown, and burning involves the chemical reaction of oxygen with a fuel to produce fire through combustion.

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Changes That Materials Undergo Due To Heat and Oxygen

Heat and oxygen can cause both physical and chemical changes in materials. Heat alone can result in physical changes that alter a material's appearance but not its composition, while heating in the presence of oxygen can trigger irreversible chemical reactions that produce new substances. For example, slicing an eggplant exposes its inner flesh to oxygen, causing it to turn brown, and burning involves the chemical reaction of oxygen with a fuel to produce fire through combustion.

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CHANGES THAT MATERIALS

UNDERGO DUE TO OXYGEN AND


HEAT
How Materials Change When Applied with
Heat
• Heat is a form of energy. It is an energy that is transferred between objects of different temperature.
Temperature is the hotness and coldness of an object and it is measured using a thermometer. Heat can
bring about a physical change in matter.
• Heat does not only produce a physical change in materials, sometimes heating a material causes it to
undergo chemical change. The chemical changes caused by heat are irreversible.
• Applying heat to the material results in processes of physical and chemical
changes.
• Physical change happens when only the appearance of the material
changes and no new material is formed. Meanwhile, chemical change happens
when heat is applied and the material changes its size, shape, color, and smell, and
a new material is formed.
Changes In Materials In The Presence Of
Oxygen
• Oxygen is a part pf the air that surrounds us. This has effects on
different materials. The presence of oxygen in the air cause chemical
change on materials.
Have you observed your mother slicing an eggplant? What was the color of the eggplant while
it was being sliced? What was its color after a few minutes? Were there any changes in the
color? Did it turn brown after slicing

• The changes in the color of the inner fleshy part of the eggplant is due to its exposure
of
oxygen. The same phenomena could also be observed in potato, banana, guava, cassava,
and other fruits and vegetables.

• Another example of a change in materials when oxygen is present is in combustion. It


occurs when oxygen combines with another substance (as fuel) and produces fire with
heat and light. Combustion is also known as burning. It is always exothermic, that is,
giving off heat. In combustion, oxygen, fuel, and heat are always present.
For example, when you lit a candle, its wick burns if oxygen and
wax (candle) is present and heat is produced. Other examples
include the burning of wood or charcoal for cooking and burning
of petrol or diesel to run your car. If oxygen is present in a wet
material with iron, such as a nail or steel bar, the formation of
rust occurs. It only happens when iron, oxygen, and water react
with one another. Rust occurs when iron or alloys such as steel
corrode, thus rusting is commonly known as iron or steel
corrosion.

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