BRASS

IRON

TIN

Appearance: Light , bright , yellowish

to a moderately dark reddish colour.
Composition: Metal Alloy made of
copper and zinc and proportions can be
varied according to properties required.
Properties:
Higher malleability than bronze
or zinc.
Relatively Low Melting Point.
90 % brass alloy can be recycled

Appearance: Lustrous metallic with a

greyish tinge.
Properties:
Phase is Solid.
Crystal is
BCC and
FCCor Grey.
Appearance:
Silvery
White
between 1185 1667 K .
Properties:
It is
ferromagnetic
Solid
in phase. material.
It has
4 allotropes.
Tetragonal
Crystal structure.
Used
metallurgical
It isinmalleable.
application.
It is not easily oxidized.

SILVER

Appearance: Lustrous white metal.

Properties:
Has a FCC type structure.
Has diamagnetic properties.
Possess highest electrical
conductivity.
Has high thermal
conductivity.
Has high reflectivity.
Occurs in its natural form as
an alloy with gold and other
metals.

COPPER

GOLD

Apperance: Red-Orange metallic lustre.

Properties:
It is a ductile metal with very
high thermal andelectrical conductivity
Soft and malleable
Conductor of heat and electricity
and a constituent of various metal
alloys.

Apperance: Metallic Yellow

Properties:
Gold is a soft metal
Gold is both malleable
and ductile.
Gold is a heavy metal
(density 19.3 g cm-3)

PVC

TITANIUM

PLATINUM

Apperance: A synthetic plastic polymer.

Properties :
Rigid and Flexible.
Used for non corrosive pipes.
Used for electric wires and for
Construction Sign.
Used for healthcare and flooring.

Appearance: Silvery grey white

metal.
Properties :
It has low density and high
strength.
Highly resistant to
corrosion.
Used
for making light
Apperance: Silvery
White
alloys for production of jet
Properties:
enginesis, heavy,
missilessoft,
and
Physically, platinum
spacecraft.
malleable
ductile
has a fairly high melting
point (~1770C or 3220F).
it's often described as a noble metal
because it is so unreactive.

BRONZE

ALNICO

MAGNALIUM

Appearance: Metallic Brown

Composition: 12 % Tin and addition of
other metals/non metals/metalloids.
Properties:
Very Ductile.
Low Melting Point.
Oxides superficially.

Appearance: Usually reddish colour

Composition: 8 12 % Al , 15 26 % Ni ,
5 24 % Co , upto 6 % Cu , upto 1 % Ti and
balance is Fe
Properties :
Used for making strong magnets.
Can be magnetized to produce
Composition: An aluminium alloy with
strong magnetic fields.
Mg and small amounts of Cu , Ni and
They have some of the highest curie
Sn.
temp. around 800o C .
Properties:
They
are brittle
and have
a high
Greater
strength
and corrosion
melting
point.
resistance.
Lower density than pure
aluminium.
Easier to weld than aluminium.