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Why Do Gold Ornaments Look New Even After Several Years of Use?

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Why do gold ornaments look new even after several years of use?

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Gold is a least reactive metal. It does not react with air, water, acids, alkalis and other gases in the environment. Due to this non-reactive nature, gold metal's shine lasts for years and gold ornaments look new even after several years of use.

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Chapter 3: Metals and Non-metals - Exercise 3 [Page 191]

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Lakhmir Singh Chemistry [English] Class 10
Chapter 3 Metals and Non-metals
Exercise 3 | Q 24 | Page 191
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