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5.
Which of the following metals forms an amalgam with other metals?
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Nishant said:
1 decade ago
Amalgam means?
Srishti said:
1 decade ago
Amalgam is a mixture of Mercury and silver, which is used by dentists for fill the cavities inside the teeths.
Swathi N said:
1 decade ago
Yes manpreet is correct.
Rahul minhas said:
1 decade ago
Zn also for amalgam so zn is also right answer.
Amen said:
1 decade ago
Amalgam is an alloy of mercury with other metals. So the answer is : mercury reacts with other metals to form an amalgam.
Vinanthi said:
1 decade ago
An amalgam is a substance formed by the reaction of mercury with another metal. Almost all metals can form amalgams with mercury, notable exceptions being iron and platinum.
Jack said:
1 decade ago
An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams.
Kriti said:
1 decade ago
Mercury is the only metal which forms amalgams with other metals. Ex: zinc amalgam.
Apeksha naik said:
1 decade ago
Why iron and platinum can't form amalgam with Hg ?
Gaman batra said:
1 decade ago
Because. The amalgam is small molecule & also mercury is also be small & it is a mixtuer of mercury & silver i.e. Zn.
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