Preface ....................................................... vii
About the Author ............................................... ix
Introduction ................................................... xi
Content ..................................................... xi
The Earliest Discoveries .................................... xi
The Ages of Man ............................................ xii
The Naming and Numbering of Metals ........................ xiii
What Is a Metal? .......................................... xiii
The Nature of Metals ........................................ xv
The Development of Alloys ................................... xv
The Dictionary .................................................. 1
Appendix 1 Metals History Timeline ............................ 278
Appendix 2 Bibliography ....................................... 327
Appendix 3 Properties and Conversion Tables ................... 329
Table 1 Periodic table of the Elements .................... 329
Table 2 Physical properties of the elements ............... 330
Table 3 Density of metals and alloys ...................... 336
Table 4 Linear thermal expansion of metals and alloys ..... 339
Table 5 Thermal conductivity of metals and alloys ......... 341
Table 6 Electrical conductivity and resistivity of metals
and alloys ........................................ 343
Table 7 Vapor pressures of the metallic elements .......... 345
Table 8 Standard reduction potentials of metals ........... 346
Table 9 The 45 most abundant elements in the earth's
crust ............................................. 346
Table 10 The electrochemical series ........................ 347
Table 11 Metal melting range and color scale ............... 348
Table 12 Predominant flame colors of metallic elements ..... 349
Table 13 Average percentage of metals in igneous rocks ..... 349
Table 14 Temperature conversion ............................ 350
Table 15 Metric stress or pressure conversions ............. 354
Table 16 Metric energy conversions ......................... 356
Table 17 Metric length and weight conversion factors ....... 356
Table 18 Conversion of inches to millimeters ............... 357
Table 19 Coversion of millimeters to inches ................ 357
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