In humans, the calcaneus (/kaelËkeÉªniËÉs/ ; kÃ¦lËkeÉªniËÉs from The latin calcaneus or, calcaneum meaning) heel or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitutes the. heel
1 Intensive properties, such as density and color, do not depend on the amount of the substance present. 2  Physical properties can be measured without changing a substance's chemical identity.  Chemical properties can be measured only by changing a substance's chemical identity.
Examples of chemical properties are: heat of combustion, reactivity with water, PH, and electromotive force. The more properties we can identify for a substance, the better we know the nature of that substance.