Is melting if wax physical change???

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No new substances are formed. In a burning candle, there are both physical andchemical changes. The melting of the solid wax to form liquid wax and the evaporation of liquid wax to form wax vapour are physical changes. The burningof the wax vapour is a chemical change.

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