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Physical and Chemical Changes

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22 .Melting of wax is a physical change ?

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Melting of wax is a physical change as melted wax is wax and nothing else, It just involve a change of state. No new substance is formed and it can be reversed.

From solid wax to liquid wax which can be again changed into solid wax.

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