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Metals

Published on Nov 20, 2015

Metals: iron and steel.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Metals

ferrous metals

ferrous metals

Ferrous metals are iron-based materials used in a variety of industrial applications

Ferrous metals are iron-based materials that are used in a wide range of industrial applications.

IRON

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  • the most widely used
  • used as an alloy
  • heavy, ductile, malleable
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Steel

an alloy of iron containing up to 3% of other elements including carbon
you can watch this video about making steel

► 5:00
How it's made - Stainless steel ( RO Sub ) - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvXtUKYs3tw

Non ferrous metals

Base metals and noble metals

  • aluminium
  • copper
  • lead
  • zinc
  • silver
  • brass
  • gold

Types of steel

according to the percentage of carbon

carbon steels

  • mild steel (up to 0.25 %
  • medium-carbon (0.25% to 0.45%
  • high-carbon (0.45% to 1.50%)

Changing the carbon contents changes the properties of the steel. The more carbon it contains the harder it is

Aluminium

the third most common element
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Charateristics

  • light, grey metal
  • recovered from bauxite
  • good conductor of electricity
  • it machines well
  • it can be extruded