Brass is one of the most underrated items on the global metal market. It possesses almost the same valuable properties as other prominent non-ferrous metals but doesn’t receive as much attention, let alone explored enough. Most people only know brass as a material for making musical instruments and have totally zero knowledge about its electrical,...Continue Reading
Metals have the reputation of being the strongest material on Earth. There are not very many materials that can rival their strength. The only materials that can are the pure carbons, which are not as abundant and lack the necessary properties to resist breakage. That being said, metals are not indestructible. Like everything else, they...Continue Reading
Brass is one of the oldest metal alloys in existence. An alloy of copper and zinc, this metal is prized for its many valuable properties, which suited a great deal of applications even in prehistory. Development of brass, however, only took place until the post medieval period because it’s only during then when metallurgists realized...Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if we didn’t discover metals? Well, for starters, it would be a dark and bleak place because there would be no power plants to supply electricity to cities and communities. There would be no buildings taller than a few stories or with intricate architecture, and...Continue Reading
Copper may not be as popular as gold and silver but it’s certainly far superior to them and to most other metals in terms of applications. For millennia, this metal has been utilized to support a vast range of man’s daily activities from hunting and cooking to manufacturing and transportation. There are only a handful...Continue Reading
With so many different kinds of metals available commercially, it is easy to get confused between multiple choices, especially if the variations are very subtle. Metals of the same basic element are even more difficult to classify because they often share qualities.Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered why the handful of metals you are familiar with are in fact the rarest ones? Gold, silver, bronze, even platinum aren’t particularly the most common of metals. Unlike steel and iron, you don’t see a lot of them inside your home, in the streets outside, or in the workplace. They are...Continue Reading
Despite its superb corrosion resistance, brass tarnishes considerably fast. It can lose its original luster within hours after being exposed to moisture, or even just to air. Thankfully, the tarnish on brass can be removed just as fast with proper polishing. But before we teach you how to bring your brass items back to its...Continue Reading
When copper was discovered around 9000 years ago, no one thought it would come to be the most investigated metal on the planet. Almost immediately, it was held in high esteem alongside precious metals like gold and silver. There are a number of reasons why it didn’t take long before copper became a staple material...Continue Reading
