Reacts with air..physical or chemical property ; )

It is a chemical process - an oxidation.

Chemical property because the substance can oxidize or combust (if a hydrocarbon), thus changing the chemical composition of the original substance.

Ibelieve y y even though i've only taken chemistry for one year

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.