Multiple choice

Which of the followng metals are resistant to corrosion and oxidation in moist air?

  1. Noble metals

  2. Post-transition metal

  3. Poor metals

  4. Transition metals
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Explanation

Noble metals are metals that are resistant to corrosion and oxidation in moist air, unlike most base metals.They tend to be precious, often due to their rarity in the earth's crust. The noble metals are considered to be (in order of increasing atomic number) ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold.

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