Chemistry GCSE
Reactivity of transition metals
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These metals react slowly with oxygen and water compared with Group 1 metals, for example iron rusts slowly.
Topics that use Reactivity of transition metals
- Comparison with Group 1 elements (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Metallic bonding and structure
- Periodic trends and group properties
- Reactivity with oxygen, water and halogens
- Transition elements
- Transition metals
- Using named examples to support comparisons
- Group 1 elements
- Structure-property-use relationships
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