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Encyclopedia > Base metals

A base metal is a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily, and reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, copper, lead and zinc. Compare to noble metal.


Alchemists were concerned with the transmutation of base metals into gold (a noble metal).


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The World Market for Office and Stationery Supplies Made of Base Metal: A 2007 Global Trade Perspective (848 words)
I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for office and stationery supplies made of base metal for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports.
Chapter 4 does the same, but for imports of office and stationery supplies made of base metal for all countries in the world.
The SITC code that defined office and stationery supplies made of base metal is 8951.
Metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1019 words)
Metals are sometimes described as a lattice of positive ions surrounded by a cloud of delocalized electrons.
The metals are one of the three groups of elements as distinguished by their ionisation and bonding properties, along with the metalloids and nonmetals.
Traditionally, metals have certain characteristic physical properties: they are usually shiny (they have "lustre"), have a high density, are ductile and malleable, usually have a high melting point, are usually hard, and conduct electricity and heat well.
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