What Kind Of Metal Are You Made Of?

You would be a base metal, like Iron! Iron metal has been used since ancient times, and pure iron is relatively soft but is unobtainable by smelting. Crude iron is produced in blast furnaces, and it is a proportion of carbon during the smelting process which produces steel. Iron has many uses from welding to purifying ores. Iron also plays an important role in biology, forming complexes with the molecular oxygen in hemoglobin and myoglobin.

You are like Steel, a ferrous metal! Steel are alloys of iron and other elements, primarily carbon. It is widely used in construction due it it's high tensile strength and low cost. Over time it has replaced other materials like wrought iron. Its hardness, ductility, and tensile strength can be varied by changing the amounts of the other alloying elements with the iron content. It is versatile, and its stainless form makes up a large number of common household items.

You are a noble metal, like Silver! Silver has long been valued, and is more abundant than gold. It has been used as coin currency, and is also valued for its applications in solar panels, water filtration, jewelry, ornaments, high-value tableware and utensils. Industrially it is used in electrical contacts and conductors and contacts. Many silver compounds are also used as disinfectants and are added to bandages and other wound dressings.

You are a precious metal, like Gold! Gold is bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile. It is a transition metal and is one of the least reactive chemical elements. It resists individual acids, but can be dissolved by "royal water" which is nitro-hydrochloric acid.. The historical value of gold was rooted in its medium rarity, easy handling and minting, easy smelting, non-corrodability, distinct color, and non-reactivity to other elements.

You are a heavy metal, like Lead! Lead is soft, malleable, and heavy. It naturally has a blueish-white color after being freshly cut, but soon tarnishes to a dull greyish color when exposed to air. It is the heaviest non-radioactive element known. It is widely used in batteries, bullets, solder, and as a radiation shield. If ingested lead is poisonous to animals, damaging the nervous system and causing brain disorders.

You are a non-ferrous metal, like Copper! Pure copper is soft and malleable, and a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, a building material, and a constituent of various alloys, even in decorative art. It has been in use for thousands of years, even before iron. Copper is essential to all living organisms as a trace dietary mineral.