Metal Facts

The most expensive metal is rhodium, which sells for more than 176000 dollars per kilogram. Learn some fun and interesting metal facts!

• The science of studying metals is called metallurgy.

• 75% of all the elements in the Periodic Table are classified as metals.

• An ore is a rock mineral from which a metal can be obtained profitably.
  

  Gold is edible. Some Asian countries put gold in fruit, jelly snacks, coffee, and tea.

• Silver conducts electricity better than any other metal.

• Silver kills bacteria by chemically affecting the cell membranes, breaking them down.

• The word for Silver and money are the same in at least fourteen languages.

• Gold is one of the heaviest metals in the world.

• Gold does not rust or corrode.

• Pure gold is too soft for many things so most gold is combined with other metals to make it stronger.

• Switzerland was the last country to tie its currency to gold.

• Iron is the sixth most abundant element in the universe.

• The only elements that can produce a magnetic field are cobalt, nickel and iron.

• The most abundant metal in the body is Calcium (Ca).

• Aluminium powders were used 5000 years ago for dyeing.

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