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Gold is actually one of the most unreactive elements on earth. It doesn't react with any of the sort of things that weather or decompose objects (salt, oxygen, water, acidic soil, etc...) which is why ancient gold artifacts tend to look so pristine, even after thousands of years of being buried or laying under the sea. It's also why (in addition to it's scarcity) it's been used as money so often.
Aqua Regia is a nasty acid used to dissolve gold, it's half nitric and half hydrochloric acids. That's about the only low-tech thing that affects gold.
Gold *will* form a few compounds (like gold chloride) under unusual circumstances, but you've got to want it... it's not like copper which will form an oxide in a humid room.
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∙ 16y agoGold does not react with most chemicals, but is attacked by chlorine, fluorine, aqua regia and cyanide. Gold dissolves in Mercury, forming amalgam alloys, but does not react with it.
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∙ 13y agoGold reacts with chlorine, or bromine, to form the trihalides gold (III) chloride, AuCl3, or gold (III) bromide, AuBr3, respectively.
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∙ 13y agoGold will react in aqua regia, a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid.
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∙ 11y agoGold reacts with few elements including chlorine, oxygen and fluorine under critical conditions.
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∙ 8y agoGenerally speaking, gold is not very reactive. Metals reactivity series: sodium, magnesium, iron, copper and gold.
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∙ 13y agoNo it doesn't.
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∙ 11y agogold do not react with a compound
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What elements does nitrogen combined with?
Nitrogen react with the majority of other chemical elements.
Is hydrogen argon sodium nitrogen oxygen or clorine least likely to react with other elements?
Argon is the least likely in the list to react with other elements, because argon is a noble gas and none of the other elements in the list is.
Which group of elements will never react with other elements and what is the name of that group?
Noble Gases
Elements least likely to react with other elements are in this column are known as?
noble gases, or inert gases they are the same thing and they are group 18 they have full valence electrons so they are unlikely to react with other elements
What group of elements is least likely to react with other elements?
The elements least likely to react with other elements are the noble gases, chemically inert elements in group 8 of the periodic table and so cannot react with other elements. The noble gases are:- Helium Neon Argon Krypton Xenon Radon The metallic elements Gold and Tantalum are also very non reactive but it does react under very high pressure or temperature.
Is metal least likely to react with other elements?
It depends on the metal. Gold will react with other elements with great difficulty. There are gold compounds, but if you have a solid chunk of gold it'll basically sit there and do nothing. Titanium and aluminum are pretty reactive. Iron reacts pretty well with oxygen. At the far end of the scale, sodium goes out of its way to react with other elements.
Is metal likely to react with other elements?
It depends on the metal. Gold will react with other elements with great difficulty. There are gold compounds, but if you have a solid chunk of gold it'll basically sit there and do nothing. Titanium and aluminum are pretty reactive. Iron reacts pretty well with oxygen. At the far end of the scale, sodium goes out of its way to react with other elements.
Why gold and platinum are called noble metals?
Because they don't react with other elements.
Why gold found as pure elements in rocks?
Gold does not readily react with other elements, so it is often found in 'pure' form, also the rocks surrounding the gold prevent it from oxidation.
What happens to the properties of elements when they react with other elements?
what happens to the properties of elements when they react with each other element
Does calcium react strongly when bonding with other elements?
Yes it does react strongly when bonding with other elements
Why does gold keep its luster?
Gold doesn't react to oxygen so it doesn't rust, and it is generally a very stable element, meaning it won't react with other elements naturally and lose its shine.
What does neon react to?
Neon does not react with other elements.
What element does neon react to?
Neon does not react with other elements.
Elements react with other elements based on the number of what in their outer shell?
Elements react with other elements based on the number of electrons in their outer shell, also called valence electrons.
Does selenium react with?
Selenium react with majority of other chemical elements.
What don't stable elements do much with other elements?
React chemically.
