BT Metals Non-Ferrous

• Aluminum - Soft, non-magnetic, ductile, and malleable silvery white metal with thermal and electrical conductivity
• Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust
• Analok is a type of anodizing process that results in a black-brown finish
• Powder coating is a protective layer that is applied as dry powder or free flowing
• Copper - Ductile, malleable, and bright reddish-brown color with high thermal and electrical conductivity
• Copper - Possess a “patina” weather reactive surface layer of insoluble green salt which retards corrosion and used to alloy bronze and brass to increase strength and corrosion resistance
• Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc which has muted yellow color, somewhat similar to gold
• Brass - Common uses: decoration, coins
• Lead - a soft, malleable poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metals.
• Lead has a bluish white color when freshly cut, but tarnishes to a dull grayish color when it is exposed to air and is a shiny chrome silver when melted into a liquid
• Tungsten Carbide, WC, or Tungsten Semicarbide, W2C - a chemical compound containing tungsten and carbon, similar to titanium carbide. Colloquially, tungsten carbide is often simply called carbide