Facts About Gold and Aluminium
Interesting Facts
- It is found in copper ores and from the crust of the earth.
- It is the most malleable and ductile metal.
- Gold alloys are used in Dentistry as fillings, crowning, clips, etc. It is also used as an artificial limb joints.
- Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
- Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
- It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.
Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of metals
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining
Who Discovered
Unknown
Hans Christian Oersted
Discovery
Before 6000 BCE
In 1825
Abundance In Earth's Crust