Chemistry

(a) State two properties of brass that render it more useful for some purposes than it's components.

(b) Name a metal which forms a liquid alloy at ordinary temperature.

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(a) Two properties of brass are:

  1. Hardness and tensile strength — Brass is stronger than its components, Copper and Zinc.
  2. Corrosion resistance — Brass has good corrosion resistance due to the presence of zinc in its composition.

(b) Sodium.

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