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A) Aluminum B) Silver C) Gold D) Copper
A) Lead B) Iron C) Zinc D) Mercury
A) Aluminum B) Iron C) Copper D) Silver
A) Aluminum B) Chromium C) Zinc D) Nickel
A) Aluminum B) Copper C) Silver D) Gold
A) Gold B) Aluminum C) Iron D) Copper
A) Zinc B) Titanium C) Nickel D) Gold
A) Silver B) Amalgam C) Copper D) Titanium
A) Silicon B) Iron C) Aluminum D) Gold
A) Steel B) Copper C) Titanium D) Brass
A) Titanium B) Iron C) Silver D) Copper
A) Silver B) Zinc C) Aluminum D) Copper
A) Copper B) Aluminum C) Titanium D) Steel
A) Platinum B) Copper C) Gold D) Iron
A) Gold B) Silver C) Tungsten D) Copper
A) From Old English mete meaning 'substance' B) From Latin metallum meaning 'ore' C) From Sanskrit mrita meaning 'mineral' D) From Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon) meaning 'mine, quarry, metal'
A) Being brittle B) Having high melting points C) Conducting electricity and heat relatively well D) Being non-reflective
A) The study of gases B) The study of organic compounds C) The study of non-metallic minerals D) The general science of metals
A) Lithium (0.534 g/cm3) B) Copper C) Iron D) Gold
A) Ionic bonding B) Covalent bonding C) Hydrogen bonding D) Nondirectional metallic bonding
A) Diamond cubic B) Body-centered cubic (bcc) C) Face-centered cubic (fcc) and hexagonal close-packed (hcp) D) Simple cubic
A) It remains non-metallic B) It turns into a gas C) It gradually becomes a metal D) It forms an alloy with other elements
A) They emit light B) They are translucent C) They appear opaque D) They are transparent
A) 22.59 g/cm3 B) 7.9 g/cm3 C) 4.5 g/cm3 D) 8.9 g/cm3
A) It causes metals to become non-conductive B) It may lead to movement of structural defects like grain boundaries and dislocations C) It has no effect D) It makes metals brittle
A) Sodium B) Aluminium C) Lithium D) Magnesium
A) Food packaging B) Electronics casing only C) Textile manufacturing D) High-rise building and bridge construction
A) Coinage metals have extended to at least 23 chemical elements B) They are only used for jewelry C) Only gold and silver are used D) Precious metals are no longer used
A) Opaque B) Dull C) Lustrous D) Transparent
A) The electronic structure with delocalized electron states near the Fermi level. B) Low density of free electrons. C) Presence of a large energy gap between valence and conduction bands. D) High thermal expansion coefficient.
A) Gold. B) Plutonium. C) Silver. D) Manganese.
A) Fermi-Dirac statistics. B) Kirchhoff's Law. C) The Wiedemann–Franz law. D) Ohm's Law.
A) By liquid phase convection. B) By phonons only. C) By conduction electrons. D) By radiation.
A) The Bohr model. B) The kinetic molecular theory. C) The ideal gas law. D) The free electron model.
A) Classical mechanics. B) Newton's laws. C) Thermodynamics. D) Density functional theory.
A) Basic oxides B) Amphoteric oxides C) Neutral oxides D) Acidic oxides
A) Nitrogen B) Sulfur C) Oxygen D) Arsenic
A) Electrical wiring B) Building construction C) Food packaging D) Automotive paint
A) Magnesium alloys B) Aluminum alloys C) Iron alloys D) Copper alloys
A) Basic B) Amphoteric C) Strictly acidic D) Neutral
A) Concorde B) F-100 Super Sabre C) Cessna 172 D) Boeing 747
A) Rhenium B) Cassiopeium C) Hafnium D) Lutetium
A) 1824 B) 1809 C) 1886 D) 1910
A) Fe3C B) Ti3SiC2 C) Al2O3 D) CuZn
A) Decorative purposes B) Industrial machinery C) Electrical conductivity D) Structural applications
A) Plato B) Pythagoras C) Aristotle D) Socrates
A) Prospecting techniques B) Recycling processes C) Pyrometallurgy D) Electrolysis
A) Toledo, Spain around 500 BCE B) Pre-Columbian America between 300 and 500 CE C) Anatolia in 1800 BCE D) The Iranian plateau in the fifth millennium BCE
A) Indigenous Ecuadorians B) Rome, through Hannibal C) Ancient Chinese D) Pre-Columbian Americans
A) Mercury B) Graphite C) Copper D) Iron
A) Agricultural fertilizers B) Catalytic converters C) Food preservation D) Textile manufacturing
A) Jien-Wei Yeh B) Enrico Fermi C) Albert Einstein D) Niels Bohr
A) Carbonates B) Native metals C) Low-density silicate minerals D) High-density sulfide minerals
A) 85% B) 50% C) 95% D) 99.9%
A) Around 2000 BCE B) In 1800 BCE C) In the late third millennium BCE D) During the Punic Wars
A) Electrolysis B) Smelting with carbon C) Hydrometallurgy D) Pyrometallurgy
A) 1944 B) 1940 C) 1912 D) 1945
A) Planetary condensation B) The r-process C) Stellar nucleosynthesis D) The s-process
A) Stellar nucleosynthesis B) Planetary condensation C) Neutron capture D) Merger of neutron stars
A) Higher than precious metals B) Equal to precious metals C) Low intrinsic value D) High intrinsic value
A) Approximately 25% B) 10% C) 50% D) 75%
A) Textile manufacturing B) High-efficiency transformers C) Building construction D) Food packaging
A) Low melting point B) Corrosion resistance C) Magnetism D) Brittleness
A) Resistant to corrosion B) Brittleness C) Easily oxidized or corroded D) High economic value
A) Iron B) Aluminium C) Scandium D) Titanium
A) Linus Pauling, 1923 B) Dan Shechtman, 2011 C) Linus Pauling, 1955 D) Dan Shechtman, 1984
A) 19th century B) 18th century C) 13th century D) 20th century
A) Clark and Woods B) Pierre Berthier C) Henry Bessemer D) Von Welsbach
A) The s-process skips unstable nuclei, unlike the r-process. B) The s-process involves slow neutron captures allowing beta decay, while the r-process occurs rapidly without time for decay. C) Both processes involve rapid neutron captures. D) The r-process only forms elements lighter than iron.
A) Fermium B) Oganesson C) Francium D) Astatine
A) 1950s B) 1910 C) 1960s D) 1932
A) World War I B) Korean War C) World War II D) Cold War
A) De Natura Fossilium B) De la Pirotechnia (1540) C) Meteorology D) De Re Metallica
A) The 1900s B) The 1700s C) The 1800s D) Until the 1960s
A) Uranium B) Plutonium C) Neptunium D) Curium
A) Von Welsbach B) Clark and Woods C) Pierre Berthier D) Henry Bessemer
A) High thermal conductivity B) Transparency C) Low density D) Special magnetic properties
A) 1937 B) 1971 C) 1960 D) 1950
A) The Iranian plateau B) Pre-Columbian Panama and Costa Rica C) Egyptian tombs D) An archaeological site in Anatolia (Kaman-Kalehöyük)
A) Around 500 °C B) Between 1000 and 1500 °C C) Below 1000 °C D) Above 2000 °C
A) Fe70Ni30 B) CuZrAl C) Ni80P20 D) Au75Si25
A) 10,000 miles B) Nearly 700 light years C) 500 meters D) 100 kilometers
A) Hydrogen B) Oxygen C) Nitrogen D) Carbon
A) USSR B) Japan C) Germany D) France
A) Au-Cd B) NaCd2 C) Al-Mn D) Ni-Ti
A) Tumbaga B) Bronze C) Toledo steel D) Steel
A) Element #82 B) Element #72 C) Element #71, cassiopeium (later known as lutetium) D) Element #75
A) 1937 B) 1886 C) 1910 D) 1824
A) Au-Cd alloy researchers B) Dan Shechtman C) Linus Pauling D) Ni-Ti alloy researchers
A) Low densities B) Chemical reactivity C) Lightweight nature D) High densities
A) Copper B) Bismuth C) Gold D) Aluminum
A) NaCd2 B) Ni-Ti C) Icosahedrite Al63Cu24Fe13 D) Au-Cd
A) Albertus Magnus B) Vannoccio Biringuccio C) Georgius Agricola D) Antonio de Ulloa
A) Four-fold symmetry B) Six-fold symmetry C) Two-fold symmetry D) Five-fold symmetry
A) 1906 B) 1912 C) 1855 D) 1872
A) 1960 B) 1975 C) 1949 D) 1952
A) Platinum B) Silver C) Gold D) Nickel
A) Violet B) Light blue C) Yellow D) Dark blue
A) Good low-temperature ductility B) Strength at elevated temperatures C) Resistance to oxidation D) Poor corrosion resistance
A) 1824 B) 1886 C) 1890s D) 1910 |