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Chemistry is all around us
Copyright 2015
This project has been funded with
support from the European Commission

Educational Packages

Materials for Special Uses

Metals for Special Uses

Polymers for special uses

Superconductors

Metals for Special Uses

Step 1 - Activities

Select a few of your personal metallic bijoux, jewels or accessories : they can be watches, pins, necklaces, hair slides, tiepins etc. Try to find out which metals they are composed of, by observing their appearance or by reading descriptive labels etc. Then, fill in the table below, as in the example reported.

Object Metals
Watch strap Fe Cr Ni Mn                                                        
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          


Finally, compare the prices of the different objects (of those you remember). Think about your knowledge of them and your awareness when you choose and buy your accessories.