Choose the INCORRECT statement. A) Aqua regia is a combination of HCl and HNO₃. B) Malleable means that a metal can be beaten into a thin sheet. C) One of the most important property of Cu, Ag, and Au is resistance to corrosion. D) Because the ions of Cu, Ag, and Au are easy to reduce means that the metals are easy to oxidize. E) The coinage metals are Cu, Ag, and Au.

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The statement "Because the ions of Cu, Ag, and Au are easy to reduce means that the metals are easy to oxidize" is incorrect. The opposite is true - because the ions of Cu, Ag, and Au are difficult to reduce, these metals are resistant to oxidation.

Choose the INCORRECT Statement