Quiz 6 : Metals Flashcards
Metals - Quiz 1
What is a compound material consisting of a blended mixture of elements with at least one metal?
A. alloy
B. steel
C. heavy metal
alloy
Metals - Quiz 1
What lightweight metal made from bauxite is a very good electrical conductor and has excellent alloying properties?
A. lead
B. aluminium/ aluminum
C. silver
aluminium/ aluminum
Metals - Quiz 10
What do you call the ferrous (pure) metal, which contains typically a few tenths of a percent of carbon and has excellent alloying properties?
Steel
Metals - Quiz 11
What is iron produced from?
iron ore
Metals - Quiz 12
What do you call the basic component of ferrous metals like steel and steel alloys?
A. iron
B. iron ore
C. magnesium
iron
Metals - Quiz 13
What do you call the natural or artificial materials used for adhesives for example?
A. rhodium
B. rubber
C. resins
resins
Metals - Quiz 14
What are metals with low density like aluminium, titanium, magnesium, and lithium called?
A. light metals
B. low-density metals
C. lightweight metals
lightweight metals
Metals - Quiz 15
What heavy metal is one of the very few metals that is liquid at ambient temperature and ambient pressure?
A. mercury
B. quacksiver
C. lead
mercury
Metals - Quiz 16
What is the material with a cellular structure consisting of a solid metal with gas-filled pores called?
A. structural metal
B. metal foam
C. metal sponge
metal foam
Metals - Quiz 17
What are materials that are not considered as metals but show some of the properties of metals called?
A. precious metals
B. half-metals
C. metalloids
metalloids
Metals - Quiz 18
What do you call a chemical element that mostly lacks metallic attributes?
A. non-metal
B. metalloid
C. tungsten
non-metal
Metals - Quiz 19
What else do you call the intermediate product of the iron industry in the production of steel which is obtained by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace, that is also known as crude iron?
A. steel
B. pig iron
C. cast iron
pig iron
Metals - Quiz 2
What do you call an iron-carbon alloy with a carbon content greater than 2%?
A. copper
B. cast iron
C. high carbon steel
cast iron
Metals - Quiz 20
What do you call metals which are considered rare and possess valuable properties (like chemical stability, excellent electrical conductivity)?
A. precious metals
B. common metals
C. metalloids
precious metals
Metals - Quiz 21
What do you call a ferrous metal with excellent alloying properties?
A. galvanised metal
B. steel
C. metal foam
steel
Metals - Quiz 22
What do you call the precious metal that has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals?
It is _____.
silver
Metals - Quiz 23
material with gas-filled pores called?
foam / foams
Metals - Quiz 24
What do you call a very volatile gas, which is said to be the most abundant chemical substance in the universe with the chemical symbol H in the periodic table?
A. hydrogen
B. halogen
C. helium
hydrogen
Metals - Quiz 25
What heavy metal is useful as an alloying element for brass for example?
A. tin
B. mercury
C. titanium
tin
Metals - Quiz 26
What do you call a heavy reddish metal, which is soft but has an excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and is not a precious metal?
It is ______
copper
Metals - Quiz 27
What do you call a metal, which has excellent allowing properties, a very high melting point and is used in welding (Chemical symbol W)?
A. tungsten
B. wolodium
C. wolfram
tungsten
Metals - Quiz 28
What do you call a lightweight metal with a high melting point, which is used very often in prosthetics because it is bio-inert?
tungsten
Metals - Quiz 29
What do you call the metal used to protect ferrous metals for example in galvanisation?
zinc
Metals - Quiz 3
What metal is often used to plate steel because it adds anti-corrosive properties?
A. iron
B. gold
C. chrome
chrome
Metals - Quiz 30
What do you call the metal with the lowest density that is increasing used in batteries because of its reactivity?
lithium
Metals - Quiz 31
What do you call a heavy metal, which is soft but toxic for living creatures and has a rather low melting point?
lead
Metals - Quiz 32
What do you call a lightweight metal, which is very often alloyed to aluminium and can even burn under water?
magnesium
Metals - Quiz 33
What is a compound material consisting of a blended mixture of elements with at least one metal?
alloy / alloys
Metals - Quiz 34
What do you call the chemical element with symbol C and can have several forms (allotropes) depending of the arrangement of its atoms?
carbon
Metals - Quiz 35
What do you call artificial inorganic, non-metallic solids comprising metal, non-metal or metalloid atoms that are primarily held in ionic or covalent bonds. They encompass a vast array of materials from clay products and silicate glass to more advanced ones?
Ceramics / ceramic
Metals - Quiz 37
What do you call the hardest carbon allotrope, which is usually considered as highly valuable?
diamond
Metals - Quiz 38
What do you call the precious metal that is chemically rather inert at normal scales and has a slightly lower electrical conductivity than silver?
gold
Metals - Quiz 39
What do you call a material, which consists of one-atom thick layer of graphite?
graphene
Metals - Quiz 4
What do you call the heavy metal, which is soft, reddish when not oxidated and has excellent electrical conductivity and alloying properties?
A. mercury
B. pig iron
C. copper
copper
Metals - Quiz 40
What do you call a gas, with the chemical symbol O in the periodic table?
oxygen
Metals - Quiz 42
What do you call a copper alloy with tin and often other metals (e.g. aluminium, manganese or nickel)?
bronze
Metals - Quiz 5
What do you call the types of compound material made up of two or more materials, which remain distinguishable (i.e. are not blended)?(two-word answer)
These types of compound material are called _______
composite material / composite materials
Metals - Quiz 6
What do you call metals containing largely iron?
A. high carbon steel
B. cast iron
C. ferrous metals
ferrous metals
Metals - Quiz 7
What do you call metals that are very dense?
A. lightweight metals
B. dense metals
C. heavy metals
heavy metals
Metals - Quiz 8
What do you call the carbon allotrope used to make graphene?
The carbon allotrope used to make graphene is _______
graphite
Metals - Quiz 9
The amount of carbon in steel can vary. What is the steel with the highest amount carbon possible (0.7% - 1.5%) called?
A. high carbon steel
B. carbonated metal
C. pig iron
high carbon steel
Non-Metals - Quiz 41
What do you call a gaseous non-metal with the chemical symbol N?
nitrogen
