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What shiny metal explodes on contact with air or water?
Sodium is a shiny metal that explodes on contact with air or water due to its high reactivity with oxygen and water. When exposed to moisture or air, the sodium metal rapidly oxidizes, releasing hydrogen gas and heat in an explosive reaction.
What is the luster of hydrogen?
The element hydrogen does have a metallic form, which exists under conditions of both low temperature and high pressure. Under more usual conditions hydrogen is a gas and as such, has no luster. As a metal it has a metallic luster much like other metals.
Is zirconium shiny or dull?
Zirconium is shiny in its pure form. It has a lustrous appearance similar to that of other metals like titanium or stainless steel.
What is a word that means shiny luster?
If a mineral has a shiny luster, is it matallicIf a mineral has no shiny luster, is it nonmetallic?
Is cotton shiny or dull?
Shiny
