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When a metal tarnishes it reacts with a gas in the air what is the name of this gas?
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When a metal tarnishes it reacts with a gas in the air. What is the name of this gas?
Oxygen
When oxygen in the air reacts with metal oxidation occurs and causes the metal to?
rust or tarnish
What metal is used in the reaction of metal and air?
Metals in the reactivity series from aluminium to copper react with oxygen in the air to form the metal oxide. Aluminium and Zinc reacts very quickly, Iron reacts slowly at room temperature. Tin, Lead and Copper reacts with Oxygen in air when heated. Silver, Gold and Platinum do not react with Oxygen in air
What change of the surface when freshly cut lithium metal reacts with air?
Aaron schneider
Explain dry corrosion with an example?
Dry corrosion occurs when the metal reacts with oxygen in the air.
When a metal tarnishes it reacts with a gas in the air. What is the name of this gas?
Oxygen
What happens when silver reacts with air?
it tarnishes and can make a dull layer of metal oxide on the surface"tarnish" or oxidation.
Why ag turn black on contact with air?
Silver tarnishes in air because it reacts with the oxygen to form silver oxide.
What are the properties of lithium?
It is a solid. It is half as dense as water. It is the least dense metal. It is highly reactive.It reacts vigorously with water, tarnishes rapidly in air and is flammable.hardest alkali but soft enough to be cut using a knife. :)
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.
Why is it chemical change when a silver fork tarnishes slowly in air?
Silver sulfide is formed on the surface of the metal.
What gas is produced when metal reacts with air?
It depends which metal you are referring to.
What metal reacts in the air but slowly in the water?
copper
When oxygen in the air reacts with metal oxidation occurs and causes the metal to?
rust or tarnish
What metal is used in the reaction of metal and air?
Metals in the reactivity series from aluminium to copper react with oxygen in the air to form the metal oxide. Aluminium and Zinc reacts very quickly, Iron reacts slowly at room temperature. Tin, Lead and Copper reacts with Oxygen in air when heated. Silver, Gold and Platinum do not react with Oxygen in air
Why do Metal rust?
Rust is the name given to the compound Iron oxide, which forms when Iron reacts with Oxygen in the air. Metals which do not contain Iron or Chlorine don't rust.
What is element 60 Nd?
Neodymium is an element on the periodic table of elements. It is abbreviated as Nd and has an atomic weight of 60. It is a silver metal that tarnishes in the air.
