In My House

Instructions
1. Select 10 objects that you commonly use in your house.
2. Identify the minerals or metals used in these objects.
3. Identify properties of each metal which make them
suitable for use in this object.
Object Metals Useful Properties
mirror silver conductor
Laptop and Mobile phone Nickel and cobalt Electricity
Gold ring gold Malleable
Stove fuel Natural Gas fire
Wall paint Magnesium and Titanium paint
Plumbing pipes copper pipes
Windo frames !luminum frames
bricks "lay #ard hen fired
$oof tiles clay #ard hen fired
Sapphire necklace Sapphire %eelry
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