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Common Metals used in Metal work
The most common types of metal you will encounter while doing metalworking are iron, steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
- Black iron sheet
It has a bluish -black appearance and is often referred to as uncoated sheet. Since it is uncoated, therefore, it corrodes rapidly.
- Galvanised iron
It is soft steel coated with molten zinc. The zinc coating resists rust, improves the appearance of the metal, and permits it to be soldered with greater ease. This sheet is used in fabricated products such as pans, buckets, furnaces, heating ducts, cabinets, gutters and in many other articles.
- Copper It is a reddish coloured metal and is extremely malleable and ductile. It is used extensively in the electrical field.
- Aluminium
It is silvery white coloured metal and has many qualities like high ratio of strength to weight, corrosion resistant qualities and ease in fabrication.
- Stainless Steel
It is an alloy steel possessing the ability to resist corrosion without any surface coating. One important type of stainless steel contains 18% chromium and 8% nickel. It is widely used in building stream lined trains, food handling equipments, kitchenwares and in many other applications which require great strength and resistant to corrosion.
- Brass is a yellowish metal alloy made of copper and zinc. It is a soft metal and is typically softer than aluminum. Brass is often found in plumbing. However, it is most commonly used as a decorative metal on account of its color.