In My House

Instructions
1. Select 10 objects that you commonly use in your house.
2. Identify the minerals or metals used in these objects.
3. Identify properties of each metal which make them
suitable for use in this object.
Object Metals Useful Properties
Laptop and Mobile Phones Nickel and Cobalt Hard and Ductile
Bricks Clay Hardened with dry or fired
Porcelain Bath Kaolin
High quality clay ery bright and
white
!indow "ra#es $lu#inu# %ery light yet strong
Brass Door Knob Copper and &inc
'oft but tough( Malleable and
ductile
!all Paint Magnesiu# and )itaniu#
*sed in applications as pig#ent
because of white color
Mirror 'iler $ white lustrous #etal
"iberglass insulation 'ilica 'and 'uperior electric insulator
+arden "ertili,er Phosphate
Mined to obtain phosphorus for
use in agriculture and industry(
!indow +lass 'ilica 'and
)he principle co#ponent of glass
and concrete
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