Non-ferrous metal
Non-ferrous metals is a collective name for a subgroup of non-ferrous metals , excluding precious metals . They include metals such as cadmium (Cd) , cobalt (Co) , copper (Cu) , nickel (Ni) , lead (Pb) , tin (Sn) and zinc (Zn) . These base heavy metals are colored themselves or form colored alloys such as brass , bronze and gunmetal , whereby the alloys are also classified as non-ferrous metals. Because of this often noticeable color, they are called non-ferrous metals.
Images of non-ferrous metals
High purity crystalline cadmium ingot
Solid copper crystals
Zinc, crystalline fragment and sublimated
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on non-ferrous metals. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on June 20, 2014.
- ↑ Hans-Dieter Jakubke, Ruth Karcher (Ed.): Lexicon of Chemistry , Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg, 2001.
- ^ Mining and industry of the individual continents in the Alexander World Atlas 2000, Klett-Perthes, Gotha 2000
Web links
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