Fact to remember | Name of the metal |
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The metal with the highest melting point | Tungsten |
The metal with the highest thermal conductivity | Silver |
The metal with the highest electrical conductivity | Silver |
The metal with the highest density | Osmium |
The metal with the lowest density | Lithium |
The most malleable and ductile metal | Gold |
The least reactive metal | Platinum |
Metal most abundant in earth’s crust | Aluminium |
Metal which forms amalgam with other elements | Mercury |
Metal used in a fuse wire and also in solder | Lead-tin alloy |
Metal used in the filament of a bulb | Tungsten |
Metal which pollutes the air of cities having large number of vehicles | Lead (reason for using unleaded petrol) |
Metal used in the filaments of electric heaters | Nichrome |
Metal used as radiation shield | Lead |
Metal into which Uranium turns when it loses all its radioactivity | Lead |
Metal used for making boats because it does not corrode by seawater | Titanium |