Sunday, October 4, 2015

Important Facts about Some Metals (PART-IV)



  • Green color is due to the presence of Barium in Fireworks.
  • Barium hydroxide is known as Baryta water.
  • Osmium is the heaviest metal and the platinum is the hardest.
  • Zinc oxide is known as flower of zinc. It is also known as chinese white and used as white paint.
  • Silver chloride is used in photochromatic glass.
  • Silver iodide is used in artificial rain.
  • Silver nitrate is used as marker during election. It is kept in coloured bottle to avoid decomposition.
  • Silver spoon is not used in egg food because it forms black silver sulphide.
  • To harden the gold, copper is mixed, pure gold is 24 carat.
  • Iron pyrites is known as fool's gold.
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