It is difficult to classify dissolving as physical or chemical change because at some point dissolving produce new substance which can not be reversed while at some point no new substances are produced but and the process is reversed.
Physical change is a change in which no new substance is formed and the process is easily reversible. For example, the dissolution of salt in water is a physical change since we can reverse the process to obtain salt and water.
Water + Salt <=> Salt Solution
Chemical change is a change in which new substance is formed and and the process is not reversible. For example, the dissolution of metal in acid is a chemical change since we can not reverse the process to obtain the metal.
Acid + metal —> Salt + hydrogen gas
2Na + 2HCl —> 2NaCl + H₂
Thus, we can see that it is difficult to classify dissolving as a physical or a chemical change.
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