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
Wall Paint Magnesium and Titanium
Magnesium-Ninth most
abundant element in the earth by
mass, third most abundant
element dissolved in seawater,
essential to all living cells,
highly flammable metal
Titanium- Ninth most abundant
element in earths crust, low
density, high strength, and
excellent corrosion resistance,
strong as steel but 4! lighter,
only element to burn in nitrogen
but also burns in air"
#ynthetic $ar%et Petroleum
Petroleum- &orm of chemical
energy, naturally occurring found
in formations in the earth,
formed from decayed organic
material both animal and
vegetables"
Porcelain 'ath (aolin
(aolin- #u%erior brightness and
whiteness when high )uality
clay, clay mineral, used as
fillings and coating %igments in
%a%er, %olymer and %oint"
*am% +,lectricity- $oal
$oal- $om%osed %rimarily of
carbon, bright shiny luster, or
could be dull, used as fuel source
in generation of electricity,
sedimentary roc. formed from
decaying %lant and animal matter
under heat and %ressure millions
of years ago"
#a%%hire Nec.lace #a%%hire
#a%%hire- &ound in diverse
colors, used %redominately in
/ewelry, volcanic in origin and
occurs in alluvial de%osits from
weathering and erosion of
volcanic roc.s
#tove &uel Natural 0as Natural 0as- $onsisting
%rimarily of methane, often
found in oil, often found in
concentrations dee% in the sea
bed, burnt to %roduce heat,
formed by decaying %lant and
animal remains tra%%ed beneath
layers of sands, silt and roc. over
millions of years"
Plaster Walls 0y%sum
0y%sum- &ound in variety of
forms such as twinned crystals or
grains, trans%arent through
o%a)ue, de%osited in la.es,
seawater, and hot s%rings,
common mineral associated
with sedimentary roc.s"
*a%to% and Mobile Phone Nic.el and $obalt
Nic.el- 1ard and ductile, silver-
white lustrous metal, resistant to
corrosion and recyclable, easy to
clean, does not harbor bacteria"
$obalt- &ound naturally only in
chemical combined form, hard,
lustrous, silver-grey metal,
intense blue when combined
with silica, and a by%roduct from
nic.el refining"
Mirror #ilver
#ilver- White lustrous metal,
very malleable and ductile,
excellent conductor of heat and
electricity, often recovered as a
by%roduct from refining gold
bullion"
0old 2ing 0old
0old- 3ense, soft shiny metal,
most malleable and ductile metal
.nown, bright yellow in %ure
form, rust and corrosion
resistant, excellent conductor as
electricity"
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