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ISBN: 9780133128741

Author: Serope Kalpakjian, Steven Schmid

Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Metal is the pure chemical element you would find on the periodic table. 91 of the 118 elements on the periodic table are metals – which make them some of the most plentiful elements in the world.

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Chapter 6, Problem 37SDP

In the text, magnesium was described as the lightest engineering metal. Is it also the lightest metal? Explain.

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Chapter 6, Problem 36SDP

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