Question

What are the characteristics of manganese?

Answer 1

Manganese is a pinkish-gray, chemically active element. It is a hard metal and is very brittle. It is hard to melt, but easily oxidized. Manganese is reactive when pure, and as a powder it will burn in oxygen, it reacts with water (it rusts like iron) and dissolves in dilute acids.

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Answer 2

"Manganese is a grey-white, hard and very brittle metal.

It tarnished on exposure to air and oxidized to manganese when heated."

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