General Knowledge About Alloys For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS And Various Exams
General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS
And Various Exams
(Alloys)
- Bronze is the mixture of Copper and tin.
- Brass is an alloy of Copper and Zinc
- Bronze is an alloy of copper and Tin
- Stainless steel is an alloy of carbon +Iron with Chromium and Nickel
- German silver is an alloy of copper with nickel and zinc
- Solder is an alloy of lead and tin
- Dental amalgam = mercury +silver, Tin, Zinc, Copper
- Duralumin = aluminium + copper + magnesium
- Pewter is an ancient alloy made of tin and lead
- Aluminum is used mostly in aircrafts
- Camphor exhibits the property of sublimation.
- The alloy which consists of copper and tin.Bronze
- Excessive use of fertilizers causes death of pants due to exomosis.
- Stainless steel => Carbon + Iron + Chromium + Nickel.
- Bronze does not rust.
- Dental Amalgem => mercury + Silver, Tin, Zinc, Copper.
- Duralumin => aluminum+Copper+magnesium.
- Brass => Copper + Zinc.
- Pewter => an ancient alloy made up to tin and lead.
- Aluminum is used mostly in aircrafts.
- Australia has the largest bauxite deposits.
- Aluminum metal is obtained from aluminia by electrolysis –
- passing electricity through it. Charles Hall in the USA and Paul
- Heroult in France discovered this process independently in 1886.
- Asbestos does not burn and it is a mineral fiber
- Amalgam is a mixture of metal and mercury
- Nickel is used as a catalyst while manufacturing ghee
- After persistent decay, radium would be finally changed into Lead.
