SOLUTION: Copper, nickel, and zinc are melted down and mixed together. What must happen for them to form a compound?

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Question 888737: Copper, nickel, and zinc are melted down and mixed together. What must happen for them to form a compound?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mixing metals don't form compounds, just alloys. Mix those
and you'll have some sort of brassy-bronzy alloy. No
reaction, no compounds.

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