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aluminium amalgam

thefox - 19-12-2014 at 11:35

Can someone give an explanation why an aluminium amalgams reactions is the strongest in the beginning with fresh aluminium and after a minute or 20 the reaction slows down?
I was thinking that the aluminium amalgams reactivity would became stronger when more aluminium is dissolved. I thought that how more aluminium is dissolved. The surface area becomes bigger and the reactivity would be stronger!