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Subject: Why does iron give bright orange sparks when burnt on a flame yet

Date: Sat Oct 4 14:32:16 2003
Posted by Qureshi
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: London
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1065295936.Ch
Message:

it is suppose to be more reactive than zinc yet zinc does not give a violent 
reaction.  Although in the reactivity series zinc is more reactive than iron 
but when I carried out teh experiment the iron was more reactive when i heated 
it.


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