Engineers tested several memory metals to see which would best return to their original shape when heated.

Antique collectors often prefer white metals for delicate filigree work because they resist tarnish.

Industrial wastewater often contains heavy metals that contaminate rivers.

Smelting plants often process base metals like copper and nickel to produce industrial alloys.

The workshop received a shipment of sheet metals for the new prototype.

alkali metals react violently with water, so they must be stored under oil to prevent dangerous reactions.

The chemist explained how earth metals differ from transition metals in their reactivity and abundance.

Half of the research team focused on the electronic properties of half-metals, while the rest studied their magnetic ordering.

The museum's collection includes rare type metals used in 19th-century printing presses.

Chemists often study the catalytic properties of transition metals in industrial processes.