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Metals - Some facts:


Fact to remember Name of the metal

Metal most abundant in earth’s crust - Aluminum



Metal which forms amalgam with other elements - Mercury

Metal used in a fuse wire and also in solder - Lead-tin alloy

Metal used in the filament of a bulb - Tungsten

Metal which pollutes the air of cities having large number of vehicles - Lead (reason for using unleaded petrol)

Metal used in the filaments of
electric heaters - Nichrome

Metal used as radiation shield - lead

Metal into which Uranium turns when it loses all its radioactivity - Lead

Metal used for making boats because it does not corrode by seawater - Titanium