It's a physical change because the composition of the salt hasn't change. Only the change in substance/form has occured. To tell if something has undergone physical change is:
• Melting
• Boiling
• Freezing
• Condensing
• Breaking
• Bending
• Dissolving
• Molecules can change motion and proximity
To tell if something changed chemically:
• Molecules rearrange with other molecules to make new substance
• Can be production of flames
• Color change
• Bubbling/fizzing
• Temp. change
• change in composition