Aluminum is the third most abundant element of the Earth’s crust, behind that of oxygen and silicon. Of the metallic elements, it is the most abundant, 7.3% by mass of the total crust. Due to Aluminum’s high affinity to bind with oxygen, it...
Nickel is known to have been discovered in 1751. As recently as a hundred years ago, it was still considered to be a worthless variety of copper. Miners in south-eastern Germany mistook a mixture of nickel and arsenic for copper. The name of the...
Lead alloys are used in a range of applications including: Solder : lead solder is used extensively by the electronics industry Terne plate : iron and steel can be protected against corrosion by coating the surface with a lead based alloy. Brass and...