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