Metals Uses
| Metal | Property | Uses |
| Aluminium | Does not corrode | Food containers |
| Low density, unreactive | Containers and packaging buildings | |
| Low density, strong, conducts | Long distance wiring | |
| Low density, strong, cheap | Transport vehicles | |
| Low density, conducts heat | Car Engines | |
| Zinc | Reactive | Dry cells (“batteries”) |
| More reactive than iron | Galvanising Iron | |
| Iron | Similar expansivity | Reinforcing concrete |
| Strong, cheap | Nails | |
| Strong and abundant | Ship building | |
| Copper | Good conductor of electricity | Electrical wiring |
| Unreactive, workable | Alloys – brass and bronze | |
| Unreactive | Coinage (with Nickel) | |
| Unreactive | Hot water piping |