Increasing the surface area of a soild

Effect of increasing surface area on the rate of a reaction. As we increase the surface area of the reactants, we increase the rate of reaction. Increasing the surface area of a solid reactant exposes more of its particles to attack.

the atomic mass is the bottom number on the element.

-steel jelly

"among the transition metal elements, manganese and zinc have a slight lowering of electronegativities. the reason behind this is that the nuclear charges of these elements are slightly weaker than the other transition metal elements due to the way their valence electrons are filled up. both manganese and zinc have their valence electrons filled up to the 4th shell with 1 pair of electrons (4s2) completely occupying it. although the electrons in the 3rd shell (3d) are yet to be paired since the outer most shell is filled up, the ability of the nucleus to attract electrons is lessened. hence,   the electronegativity (or the ability to attract electrons) is lessened."