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GCSE/IGCSE Science-CHEMISTRY worksheet on TRANSITION METAL PROPERTIES
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* Doc Brown's Chemistry June 1st 2010
alkali ammonia bent boilers catalysts coloured conductors copper electricity glazes good green hard higher iron less liquid mercury metallic oxygen platinum reactive steel structural transition
Q1 In the centre of the periodic table there are blocks of
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
elements. These elements, which include
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
and copper, are known as
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
metals.
Q2 Like other metals, transition metals are
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
of heat and
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
and can easily be
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
or hammered into shape. Compared to
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
metals they have much
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
melting points (except for
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
, which is a
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
at room temperature). They are usually
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
, tough and strong. They are much
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
and so do not corrode as quickly with
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
and/or water.
Q3 These properties make transition metals very useful as
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
materials (e.g. iron, usually in the form of
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
) and for making things which must allow heat or electricity to pass through them easily (e.g.
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
for electrical cables or iron for
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
).
Most transition metals form
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
compounds. These can be seen in pottery
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
of various colours eg in weathered copper used for roofing domes, it forms a
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
basic carbonate.
Many transition metals, and their compounds, including iron and platinum, are used as
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
. The catalytic converters of car exhausts use
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
and
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
is used as the catalyst for the Haber synthesis of
alkali
ammonia
bent
boilers
catalysts
coloured
conductors
copper
electricity
glazes
good
green
hard
higher
iron
less
liquid
mercury
metallic
oxygen
platinum
reactive
steel
structural
transition
from nitrogen and hydrogen.
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