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It is shiny but starts to turn darker straight after being cut.
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Explain why the surface of sodium is only shiny when it is freshly cut?
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What colour is chlorine gas?
Chlorine gas is yellowish green. It's a yellowish white when a solid.
Why does a freshly cut piece of sodium have a shiny surface then after a while it turns white?
The sodium reacts with the air (oxygen) and tarnishes.
What is the luster of potassium?
It is an extremely soft metal that can easily be cut with a blunt knife.
Why solutions of potassium permanganate are stored in dark reagent bottle?
Under sunlight, permanganate solution will decompose to give MnO2 and O2 ie 2KMnO4(aq)→K2MnO4(aq)+MnO2(aq)+O2(g) As such, brown bottles are used to cut off sunlight.
Is potassium shiny on the periodic table?
Potassium is an alkali metal.It is shiny when freshly cut but quickly go dull.
What does freshly cut grass smell like?
Many people enjoy the smell of freshly cut grass. It smells earthy, like dirt or hay, but also contains a note of sweetness and rain.
Why freshly cut metal has lustrous surface?
A freshly cut metal is not oxidized or contaminated.
Is there a perfume that smells like a freshly cut lemon?
LOVES FRESH LEMON Perfume
How does phosgene gas smell?
In low concentrations it smells like grass or freshly cut hay.
What is the color of Potassium oxide?
When freshly cut it is silvery in colour but it quickly tarnished as it reacts with oxygen in the air. all alkali metals give characteristic flame colour wich are used to identify them potassium has the colour LILAC
Description of tuna salad sandwich?
served with lemon wedges with freshly shredded tuna with freshly cut vegeteables of your choice.
A typical property of a metal surfaces when freshly cut or polished?
Shiny.
Explain why the surface of sodium is only shiny when it is freshly cut?
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What simile is used to describe kamalas mouth in Siddhartha?
In chapter 5, Siddhartha says, "Your mouth is like a freshly cut fig, Kamala."
Which metals can be cut with a knife?
Lithium can be cut with a knife because the elements built in it are very sof tand timid.
Would an alluminum can react the same way as powdered alluminum?
No. Freshly powdered Al react at fast rate than freshly cut Al.
