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Top 10 Most Expensive Metal In The World

The most expensive metal in the world is californium, coming at a whopping $700-750 million …

What is Durability? Durability is the ability of any material or product to remain functional …

Metals are natural compounds of earth’s crust, in which they are generally found in the …

Yes, it is possible to 3D print items from metal. There are several manufacturing processes …

What Is Galvanic Corrosion? Galvanic corrosion (also called ‘ dissimilar metal corrosion’ or wrongly ‘electrolysis’) …

What Is Fabrication? Fabrication is the construction of items from different parts using at least …

You’ve got a brilliant product idea that’ll take the market by storm. You’ve poured your …

The nonmetals or non-metals are a group of elements located on the right side of …

Broaching is a machining process that uses a toothed tool to remove material in a …

Jigs or fixtures? The two terms are easy to confuse. You’ll often find them paired …

Rapid prototyping is the group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a physical part or …

Hardness is a material’s quality to withstand localised deformation. It may be especially important when …

Malleability is the quality of something that can be shaped into something else without breaking, …

A hard, silvery metal with a blue tinge. Chromium is used to harden steel, to …

The ability of electrochemical processes to break compounds down into elements or to create new …