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Why can gold be found as the uncombined metal?
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Gold is easily reduced, so oxygen continuously converts its compounds into pure metal.
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Gold is less dense, so it separates naturally from all other elements.
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Gold is very unreactive, so it barely reacts with other elements.
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Gold is very reactive, so it quickly displaces other metals from their compounds.
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4.1.3 Extraction of metals and reduction Flashcards
21 flashcards on AQA GCSE Chemistry 4.1.3 Extraction of metals and reduction: the key terms, definitions and equations you need to recall for Paper 1 and Paper 2.