THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER

The properties of matter are classified in general and specific. The general properties are: mass, weight, volume, inertia, impenetrability and time. The specific properties are classified in: organoleptic, physical, chemical and biological. The organoleptic properties are smell, taste, color, etc. The physical properties are: fragmentation, elasticity, states, solubility, viscosity, hardness, malleability, ductility, density, etc.

The chemical properties are: combustion, fermentation, oxidation, photosynthesis, etc. In chemical properties, materials alter their nature.

In Biology we can mention the properties of: growth, development, digestion, reproduction, aging, etc.

Time is not a physical property because it is not observable, either by the senses or by any device. Time is a magnitive or philochron property because we observe changes and from them we abstract time.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA