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Platinum
If you think gold is a rare metal, our metal of the month is even scarcer: 30 times rarer than gold, in fact.  Platinum, unlike most other metals, is difficult to find among the minerals in the Earth’s outer crust. It can, however, also be found in its pure form. If all the platinum ever produced were melted and poured into an Olympic-sized...
Gold
Have you heard of King Midas’ touch? Midas was the main character of a Greek myth with a particular power we’d all like to have, turning anything into gold by a touch. Gold has been around for centuries, and it has always had value. This shiny metal that has given its color a name is the oldest metal known to mankind. In fact it is everywhere:...
Lead
Applications By far the most important application of lead is in batteries or lead-acid accumulators, in which lead is present in the two electrodes. The anode, or negative electrode, is made of a lead grid, whereas the cathode, or positive electrode, is made of the oxide PbO2; the electrolyte is sulphuric acid. Lead shot is made from lead...
Bismuth
Bismuth was first used many years ago!  The Incas combined this metal with copper and tin to produce knives and in Ancient Egypt, bismoclite was often used for cosmetic purposes. However, industrial production of the metal did not begin until around 1830. Today, bismuth is found in an application that is very useful to our local heroes. Can...
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