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Question
State five uses of metals
Solution
Five uses of metals are:
- Metals are ductile and can be drawn into wires. Example: copper and aluminium
- House-hold utensils and factory equipment can be made using metals because they are malleable. Example:Iron, copper and aluminium.
- Iron can be protected from rusting by galvanising it with zinc.
- Mercury, a liquid metal, is used in thermometers.
- Car batteries are made out of the metal, lead.
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