Is Rutile magnetic and is it effervescent?

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Is Rutile magnetic and is it effervescent?

I would like it if anyone could tell me it is a silicate or a nonsilicate. Thanks for those who gives me the correct answers.

2007-10-31 13:56:01 · 1 answers · asked by Chaos4ever5135 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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Rutile is titanium dioxide (not a silicate) and is not magnetic. In order to be effervescent it has to give off a gas (and the only gas it could give off is a dioxygen molecule) when subjected to a reagent. Maybe if it was immersed in hydrofluoric acid it might do this but I have never heard of anyone doing this.

2007-10-31 16:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋