chemical property

American  

[kem-i-kuhl prop-er-tee] / ˈkɛm ɪ kəl ˈprɒp ər ti /

noun

1. Chemistry. a property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed.

   Combustibility is an important chemical property to consider when choosing building materials.

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Usage

What is a chemical property? A chemical property is a characteristic of a particular substance that can be observed in a chemical reaction. Some major chemical properties include flammability, toxicity, heat of combustion, pH value, rate of radioactive decay, and chemical stability.A chemical change or reaction is a process in which one substance changes to another substance. In this process, the characteristics of the substances change, and this is when chemical properties are observed.A chemical property is not to be confused with a physical property, which includes such characteristics as shape (volume and size), color, texture, flexibility, density, and mass.

Etymology

Origin of chemical property

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

The researchers likened a political science macroscopic concept, known as the "collective action" barrier, with the chemical property of cooperativity, which accelerates microscopic molecular transformations from one chemical state to another.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2024

To denote this distinct chemical property, a mixture of water with an acid is given a name derived from the compound’s name.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The juice of these leaves possesses a chemical property which I cannot explain but it draws up to the surface the sand still sticking to the metals, leaving them quite pure.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone

Angelico, in using its leaves mixed with daisies in the foreground of his Crucifixion had, I imagine, a view also to its chemical property.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

Substances are classified for chemical purposes in groups, every member of which exhibits the same chemical property, and we shall require to distinguish between the group called acids and the group called alkalies.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various