10 Unique Metals

[Guest meghamann]

List 10 UNIQUE types of metal. Example: Iron

 

Hint: Do not underestimate the easy ones.

[Callipygous]

iron, copper, aluminum, silver, gold, tin, zinc, titanium, nickel, lead.

 

isnt like 75% of the periodic table metals?

 

am i missing something here?

[Guest meghamann]

I know that is what I am confused about. I guess if I choose one and another person chooses the same, neither of us get a point. So I chose:

 

Praseodymium

neodymium

promethium

samarium

europium

gadolinium

terbium

dysprosium

holmium

erbium

 

Hoping no one else will choose these. There are 6 people in the group so 60 have to be chosen and there are waht like 90 some or almost 100 so I don't know. Ah well.

[Martin]

List 10 UNIQUE types of metal. Example: Iron

 

Hint: Do not underestimate the easy ones.

 

hi meghamann, I am curious where this problem came from and what it means for a type of metal to be UNIQUE.

 

what is a unique type of metal?

why is Iron an example of a unique type of metal?

I am clearly missing something. maybe some more explanation?

[insane_alien]

yeah it is pretty vague and does it include alloys cause then it would run into the thousands and millions of possible "unique" metals

[Draco]

must not forget Mercury and Platinum, also lead hey

[jdurg]

I would assume that it would mean metals which don't share similar chemical properties. (Like sodium and potassium do). So I'll give a go with the following:

 

Sodium

Mercury

Platinum

Bismuth

Indium

Gallium

Beryllium

Copper

Neodymium

Tantalum

 

I would consider those 10 UNIQUE metals as they have different chemical and/or physical properties from each other.

[YT2095]

how about a selection of Transition elements (including Iron) as many of them make pretty colors when salts, each one being different.