Archives for September, 2020
There are currently 118 elements in the periodic table, of which 33 have no stable isotopes. The first 94 occur naturally on Earth while the remaining 24 are synthetic, formed by way of nuclear reaction. View an interactive periodic table here Copper was the first element to be discovered in…
World iron ore production in 2018 was 2.5B tonnes, with the largest producers being Australia (900Mt), Brazil (460Mt), China (335Mt) and India (205Mt). The biggest importers were China (69% of all imports), Japan (7.5%), South Korea (4.8%) and Germany (2.7%). Australia Australian iron ore production has grown at a CAGR…
Magnesium is a soft light metal that easily ignites in air and burns with a bright white flame. It is used in flares, steelmaking and electrochemicals, but its main use is as an alloy with aluminium. The resultant alloy is lighter than aluminium and has improved mechanical and fabrication characteristics,…