Transition Metals And Beyond Worksheet (Page 5 of 7) in pdf

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Part 6: Use of Pure Metal or its Alloys

A. Metals have many uses both pure and as mixtures. Give the metal that you believe is the one used for each of the

materials listed below.

Use of Metal

Your Answer

Correct Answer

Jewelery, Piping in Salt Water Applications, Tennis

and Golf Clubs, Bike Frames, Storage of Nuclear

Wastes,

Heavy Duty Building Projects

Wiring, Rooﬁng, Coinage

Coins, Dinnerware, Jewelery, Mirrors, Dental

Alloys

Thermometers, Barometers, Switches, To extract

gold from rocks

Cans, Cars, Airplanes, Foils, Fuel for Space

Shuttle

Solder, Coating for Steel Cans

Car Batteries, Solder

Coating on Galvanized Steel, Inside of Pennies,

Battery Electrodes

B. Many uses of metals are actually mixtures of a few metals. These mixtures are known as alloys. In the 17 someodd

years of your life you have probably ran across many of these alloys. Do you know the metals that make them up?

Alloy Name

Your Answer (Give

Correct Answers

mulitple Metals)

Brass

Sterling Silver

Bronze

Solder

Stainless Steel

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