CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTER II. 



METALS. 



General properties of the metals - - - - - 54 



Section I. — Metals of the Alkalies. 



Potassium . - - - - - - 5.5 



Salts of potash - - - - - - -55 



Sodium --.-.---56 

 Salts of soda - - - - - - -57 



Lithium .......57 



Section II. — Metals of the Alkaline Earths. 



Barium - - - - . - . - 57 



Strontium ..-.».. 58 



Calcium - - - - - - - - 58 



Salts of lime - - - - - - - 58 



Magnesium - . - - - - . - 58 



Salts of magnesia ...... 59 



Section III. — Metals of the Earths. 



Aluminium - - - .,- . . .59 



Alum 60 



Section IV. — Metals Proper. — Order 1. Metals whose Oxides are reduced 

 by Heat. 



Gold 60 



Silver 61 



Platinum - - . . . - - -61 



Mercury or quicksilver ...... 62 



Section V, — Order 2. Metals whose Oxides form powerful Bases. 



Iron . - . . - - - -63 



Copper ........65 



Lead - - - - . - - - 65 



Zinc ........ 67 



Cadmimn . - . . . - - .67 



Bismuth. ....... 68 



Manganese - . - - . - ■ . - 68 



Nickel and cobalt ...... 68 



Uranium, Cerium, and Lantanum - . - - -68 



Section VI. — Order 3. Metals v?hose Oxides form weak Bases or Acids. 



Tin 69 



Antimony . - . .- - - .69 



Arsenic .--..-.-71 

 Chromium, Vanadium, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Columbium, Tita- 

 nium, Tellurium, and Osmium • - - - 72 



