What is the relationship between the reactivity of a metal and the date it was first extracted?

Answer 1

The less reactive a metal is, the more likely it is to be found native in the Earth, or the easier it is to extract. By and large, the reactive metals, which are hard to extract, were discovered later.

Answer 2

Yes, I think so.

Reactive metals are usually found in compound so they were discovered later.

Non-reactive metals are usually found on there own so years ago it was easy to discover them without any technology

Answer 3

Reactivity is not based on extraction date. The reactivity of a metal is defined by which metal it is. Within a type of metal, difference in reactivity can occur if the surface of the metal is oxidized or has reacted in some other way. Any metal of the same type without such impurities will have the same reactivity, regardless of when it was extracted.

Answer 4

There is an existing relationship between the date of the metal discovery and its reactivity. The relationship is that because metals that are more reactive are harder to extract from their ores. This is because they were in forms of salts.

Answer 5

yes.