• Question: Is it hard to identify different metal substances?

    Asked by anon-227175 to William on 19 Nov 2019.
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      William Wiseman answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      There are quite a few different tests you can do. You can melt the material and determine its melting point. You scan it using a special microscope and detect what elements are in the metal. You can break the material or stretch it to determine is mechanical properties. All of these help you to determine what metal species you have.

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