Scientific amusements . l compounds; in-soluble in water ; anti-mony and several ofthe rarer metals pro-duce compounds withsulphur, which deportthemselves as acids. LIST OF METALS. IS9 Metals. Properties of the (a.) Common Metals. Become oxidized in theair. 8. Iron. 9. Manganese. 10. Cobalt. 11. Nickel. 12. Copper. 13. Bismuth. 14. Lead. 15. Tin. 16. Zinc. 17. Chromium. 18. Antimony. With few .exceptions, aresoluble in acids, and,when ignited with car-bon at a red heat, yieldtheir oxygen ; are, forthe most part, fusibleand non-volatile. (b.) Noble in the Mercury. 20.
Scientific amusements . l compounds; in-soluble in water ; anti-mony and several ofthe rarer metals pro-duce compounds withsulphur, which deportthemselves as acids. LIST OF METALS. IS9 Metals. Properties of the (a.) Common Metals. Become oxidized in theair. 8. Iron. 9. Manganese. 10. Cobalt. 11. Nickel. 12. Copper. 13. Bismuth. 14. Lead. 15. Tin. 16. Zinc. 17. Chromium. 18. Antimony. With few .exceptions, aresoluble in acids, and,when ignited with car-bon at a red heat, yieldtheir oxygen ; are, forthe most part, fusibleand non-volatile. (b.) Noble in the Mercury. 20. Silver. 21. Gold. 22. Platinum. Oxides. Those occurring in naturearesomewhatbrass-likein appearance, and aretermed pyrites andblendes. Those whichare artificially preparedhave peculiar colours ;by heat they are con-verted into sulphates. Have more the propertiesof acids than of basesare decomposed byignition into oxygenand metal. Sulphides. With the exception ofsulphide of mercury,they leave the puremetal when
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