Base_metal Base_metal

Base metal - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Aluminum, Americium, Annulet, Argent, Armory, Arms, Asphalt, Azure, Bar, Barium, Baton, Bearings, Bend, Beryllium, Billet, Bismuth, Blazon, Blazonry

A base metal is a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily, and reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, copper, lead and zinc. Compare to noble metal.

Alchemists were concerned with the transmutation of base metals into gold (a noble metal).

Example Usage of metal
palomadoss: Que fodaaa!!! Musiquinha do castelo do Super Mario em Death metal! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ew0VtHmik
kevleviathan: @randomslagathor :) I think we all know my metal Rear Solid 4 was the best ;)
J32A2_UA5: @FreshlyPut gotcha. Haha I never really liked the pop crap all that much. It was rap when I was little and now it's hard rock/metal
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