How did the reactivity series help the discovery of the most reactive metals?
just didint understand my chemistry!!
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I don't really understand your question. However, the higher up a metal is on the reactivity series the more reactive it is. That means it likes making compounds with other things. The less reactive a metal is the more likely you are to find it as an element in an uncombined form.
The earliest metals to be discovered were generally those that were uncombined in the ground or very easy to separate from the compounds they were found in. So the least reactive metals were first to be discovered and used.
The most reactive metals were not discovered for thousands more years because they are only found in compounds, never as the metals themselves and are very difficult to extract from their ores. Electrolysis has to be used to separate the reactive metals, so they were not discovered until electricity was in use.why is the sea salty yet most large lakes are fresh water?
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Answers:
I don't really understand your question. However, the higher up a metal is on the reactivity series the more reactive it is. That means it likes making compounds with other things. The less reactive a metal is the more likely you are to find it as an element in an uncombined form.
The earliest metals to be discovered were generally those that were uncombined in the ground or very easy to separate from the compounds they were found in. So the least reactive metals were first to be discovered and used.
The most reactive metals were not discovered for thousands more years because they are only found in compounds, never as the metals themselves and are very difficult to extract from their ores. Electrolysis has to be used to separate the reactive metals, so they were not discovered until electricity was in use.