Why does a lump of cotton wool shrink in water? This is a physical or a chemical change?
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Lump of cotton wool has air among gaps of cotton fibres. When water replaces the air from these gaps, the cotton lump becomes heavy and also shrinks due to removal of air gaps. This is a physical change.
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