What is a chemical property? It is a characteristic of matter that can be observed without changing its identity. It is a characteristic of matter that can be observed when it changes phases. It is a characteristic of matter that is observable only when the substance is by itself. It is a characteristic of matter that describes its ability to change into a different substance
any of a material's properties that becomes evident during, or after, a chemical reaction; that is, any quality that can be established only by changing a substance's chemical identity.