Can anyone name some metals and what they are used for?
Stainless steel – building and construction industry, food processing, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, automotive & railroad industry components. Titanium – bicycles and other light weight component usage Magnesium alloys – Automotive mag wheels Tantalum – corrosion resistance articles in chemical processing industry Hastelloys – ” ” ” ” ” ” ” Tungston – Filaments in various light bulbs Molybdenum – Highly corrosion resistant metal in certain applications Platinum & Gold – precious metals used in jewelery as well as in some high temperature as well as highly corrosive applications, electrical & electronics applications, photographic films and solutions Silver – Jewelery as well as in some silver brazing alloys, electrical and electronics applications, photographic solutions and films Of course there are many others like Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, Palladium, Bronze, Titanium, Inconel, Tantalum etc.
