CHEMICAL PROPERTY

The phrase "'chemical property'" is context-dependent, but generally refers to a material's behavior at ambient conditions (i.e. room temperature, atmospheric pressure, oxygen-bearing atmosphere). This property becomes apparent during a chemical reaction, and can only be observed by changing a substance's chemical identity. They can be contrasted with physical properties, which are less variable.
The term is used to encompass

★ Conductivity

★ Ductility

★ Malleability

★ Electronegativity

★ Ionization potential

★ Flammability

★ pH

★ Reactivity with various chemical substances

★ Electromotive force

★ Heat of combustion

★ Toxicity

★ Stability

★ Preferred oxidation state(s)

★ Coordination number

★ Capability to undergo a certain set of transformations e.g. molecular dissociation, chemical combination, redox reactions under certain physical conditions in the presence of another chemical substance

★ Preferred types of bonds to form e.g., metallic, ionic, covalent
Chemical properties can be used for building chemical classifications.

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See also

See also

★ Lipinski's Rule of Five, describing molecular properties of drugs

★ QSAR, quantitative structure-affinity relationship

★ Physical property

★ Chemical structure

★ Biological activity