Most attacks of pancreatitis are caused by gallstones that block the flow of pancreatic enzymes or by excessive amounts of alcohol. Sudden (acute) pancreatitis may happen after a drinking binge or after many episodes of heavy drinking. Other causes of acute pancreatitis are: Infections, including mumps.
Density as a Characteristic Property. The density of a substance is a characteristic of that substance. Therefore, density is a property that can be used to help identify a substance. Properties used to help identify substances are called characteristic properties. Characteristic properties are not affected by the amount or shape of a substance: A bolt made from iron will have the same characteristic properties as the hull of an iron ship or a piece of iron railing.
Each of these are chemical properties. Now you can better understand what a chemical property is. Chemical properties are characteristics of a material that become evident when the material undergoes a chemical reaction or chemical change.hemical properties can only be established by changing a substanceâs chemical identity, and are different from physical properties, which can be observed by viewing or touching a sample. The internal qualities of a substance must be altered to determine its chemical properties. For example: