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Metals (Paperback)
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Metals (Paperback)
Series: Rocks, Minerals, and Resources
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List price R233
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Discovery Miles 1 760
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This book is intended for ages 7-14. Metal ores are one of the
Earth's most common minerals. Metals are useful in all types of
industry because they last a long time, are conductors of
electricity, and can be easily shaped. Since the first metal alloy
was created more than 6,000 years ago during the Bronze Age, people
have recognised the potential of extracting metallic elements from
rock. This book traces the history, uses, methods of extraction,
and future of one of our most versatile resources. The topics
include: early use of metals during the Bronze Age, the Iron Age,
and the Copper Age; which countries have the most deposits of metal
ores, and how much metal different countries use; extracting metals
from ores by use of smelting, flotation, and leaching; the
equipment that geologists use to locate metal deposits in ore; the
lives of miners, including their working conditions, the equipment
they use, and the dangers that they encounter working in open-pit
and underground mines; and, the role that recycling plays in saving
our environment and how metals are recycled.
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