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Making use of metals

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Making use of metals   properties dictate uses  
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Alumnium   electricity cables, CDs & DVDs, cooking foil and food cartons, drinking cans (due to shiny surface, good conductor of heat & electricity), non-toxic, resistant to corrosion, light, malleable)  
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Copper   electrical wiring, roofing, saucepan bases (due to malleability, conducts heat & electricity well, malleable, unreactive  
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Lead   holding stained glass windows, car batteries (due to unreactivity, easy to bend at rtp, creates current when dissolved in dilute sulphuric acid as lead (ii) oxide)  
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Zinc   sacrificial protection and galvanization, torch batteries (due to resistant to corrosion, gives current when connected to carbon electrode)  
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Silver   jewellry, mirrors, electrical connections (due to good conductivity of electricity, shiny, resists corrosion)  
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Titanium   tooth implants, exhaust pipes for planes, pipes and tanks (due to lightness, strength, resistant to corrosion, non-toxic, malleable and ductile)  
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