I was trying to buy a present for my mum for Mothers' Day. "A gold chain," I thought, "would be a nice present". But...

Titanium is the metal used to replace hip and knee joints because it is strong, resistant to wear, and, is nontoxic. Before titanium was u...

What is an alloy? What kinds of alloys are there? Are steel, brass and bronze alloys? How do the properties of an alloy differ from the p...

Have you ever wondered what the value of the metal used to make a coin is? The Australian $1 coin has a mass of 9 grams and is composed of:...

Metallic medals have been awarded to 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd place Olympic athletes since the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. The medals awarded at...

UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have announced that they have succeeded in making the world's li...

In 1941, the British cargo ship SS Gairsoppa was carrying 7,000 tonnes of cargo from Calcutta. The cargo included pig iron, tea and about 20...

University of Minnesota scientists have discovered a new alloy that converts heat directly into electricity. In theory, an alloy like this c...

Hard metal is a mixture of a hard carbide phase, tungsten carbide, and a tougher metal phase, cobalt. It is produced by sintering, a process...