|
... form at very high temperatures (endothermic reactions, NO formation isn't spontaneous until at least 7000 K) and are great oxidizing agents. Stay away from those if you can. Wait, I almost forgot the lanthanides. These 14 are similarly reactive, probably a bit less so than the alkaline earth metals. Tarnish very quickly as pure metals. As for the actinides, sure, they've got oxides, but they're ...

http://chemcuriosity.livejournal.com/2225.html
(Cached)
0 links
Published: 1 year, 3 months ago (Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:34:43 PDT); 6499 bytes
|