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How would i find if the unknown substance in aluminum?

How would i find if the unknown substance in aluminum?-example-1
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Explanation and Answers:

If we compare the properties of the sample #4 with the sample #2 we will find that:

a) What two piece of evidence support her claim?:

- The color of sample #4 is silver, it is the same color as the color of aluminum.

- Sample #4 conducts the electricity, the same as aluminum.

b) What one piece of evidence refutes her claim?:

- The density of sample #4 is different from the density of aluminum.

c) Why does this evidence refute her claim?

Because the density is a property that is characteristic of each metal, if the sample #4 has a density different from aluminum it can't be aluminum.

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