Light and Soft Metals

Type of metal : Light and Soft

Here are the light and soft metals. They are used to coat object such as tin food containers, and zinc coins. They can be used to make things which need to be strong but light, such as aluminum watches and magnesium frames of car tires.

Name of Metal	Things you can make with it
Aluminum	foil, watches, car and truck bodies
Magnesium	fireworks, frames of car tires, laptop computers and mobile phones
Tin	food containers, sculptures, pipes, electrical circuits, bronze
Zinc	coins, batteries, roofing, brass

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