Metals

• What are ferrous metals?


  Metals containing iron and are usually magnetic
• What are some examples of ferrous metals?


  Iron, steel, and cast iron
• What are non-ferrous metals?


  Metals that do not contain iron and are usually not magnetic
• What are some examples of non-ferrous metals?


  Copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, and tin
• What is a pure metal?


  Have been mined from the earth and extracted from ores by smelting
• What are alloys?


  Mixtures of two or more metals.