Combined Science GCSE
Native metals
What Native metals means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Native metals
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Unreactive metals such as gold are found in the Earth as the metal itself, as the uncombined metal, because they do not readily react to form compounds.
Topics that use Native metals
- Extraction of metals and reduction (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Evaluating
- Metal extraction
- Oxidation
- Oxygen transfer
- Reactivity and extraction method
- Reduction
- Interpreting
- Ores and compounds
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