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“What substances dissolve metal and what property do they all have in common?” Please help, it’s for science. It’s worth 28 points.

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Hydrochloric acid dissolves the less active metals, such as zinc and magnesium, easily. It dissolves the more-resistant iron, copper and related metals less easily, or not at all. Other chemicals, such as nitric acid, will dissolve some metals that hydrochloric acid will not.

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