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Metals and Alloys
Ten metals, and what happens when you mix them.
- Teens and up
- Confident · B2
- 10 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- iron
- a strong, hard grey metal used to make tools
- gold
- a shiny yellow metal that is very valuable
- copper
- a soft reddish-brown metal used in wires
- brass
- a shiny yellow metal made by mixing copper and zinc
- lead
- a heavy soft grey metal
- mercury
- a heavy silver liquid metal used in thermometers
- bronze
- a brown metal made by mixing copper and tin
- alloy
- a metal made by mixing two or more metals together
- nickel
- a hard silvery-white metal
- platinum
- a rare silvery-white metal used in jewellery
