An Introduction to Chemical Science

the others. This property of reflecting light is known as luster. Metals have a metallic luster which is peculiar to themselves; and this, for the present, may be regarded as their chief c

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nger than either Ag, Cu, or Pb. We. express this affinity by saying that Zn is the most positive of the four metals, while Ag is the most nega- tive. Cu is positive to Ag, but negative to Pb and Zn. Which of the four elements are positive to Pb,

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is made up of two parts, Na2 being positive, the radical SO4 negative. Like elements, radicals are either positive or negativ

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