Base Metals – elements that oxidize or corrode easily

  -oxidation – loss of a subatomic particle and increase in oxygen

  -reduction – opposite (redox reaction)

Lead - plumbum (Pb)

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  -Soft, malleable, heavy post-transition metal

  -carbon group

  -lowest base metal

  -easiest to manipulate with magic

  -Melting: 327.5 C/ 621.43 F/ 600.65 K

  -Boiling: 1740 C/ 3164 F/ 2013.15 K

  -Density: 11.342 g/cm³

  -used for coins (2000 BC)

  -metals with greater atomic weight will decay – nuclear transmutation

  -metal of transformation and redemption

  -linked with Saturn

Zinc (Zn)

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  -weakest metal; very cheap

  -Melting: 419.5 C/ 787.2 F/ 692.73 K

  -Boiling: 907 C/ 1664.6 F/ 1180.15 K

  -Density: 7.134 g/cm³

  -Rep. by 5 symbols – vary based on country and time period

  -commonly found in alloy form (mixture composed of an element or other metal mixed i.e. brass)

  -burns for rituals

Nickel (Ni)

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-  Silvery-white, gold tinge, high polish

-  Hard, ductile

-  Corrosion-resistant, slow rate of oxidation

-  Larger pieces, slower to react, protective oxide surface

-  Commonly found within crush, not surface

-  Magnetic @ room temp (along with iron, cobalt, gadolinium)

-  Melting: 1453 C/ 2647.4 F/ 1726.15 K

-  Boiling: 2732 C/ 4949.6 F/ 3005.15 K

-  Density: 8.902 g/cm³

-  Used 3500 BC in alloys to make bronze

-  Used in Chinese coins 235 BC

-  Element by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (founder of modern mineralogy) 1751

-  Discovered b/c miners didn't extract the copper

-  Named for mischievous sprite from German miner myth

-  Used as green tint in glass (can also make blue, violet, black)

-  Mineral Concentration Charm to change color of glass

       o  Morbi Videntur (mor-BEE vi-DEN-ture)

       o  From left, drag wand diagonally down and right, back up diagonally towards right (V-shape); light jab towards target

       o  Focus on the color you want to change glass to, and concentration of mineral creating the color

       o  Correct: instant color change

       o  Incorrect: crack in glass

Iron (Fe)

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-  Luster, silvery-gray

-  Magnetic @ room temp

-  Most common element on Earth by mass

-  4^th most abundant @ crust

-  Melting: 1535 C/ 2795 F/ 1808.15 K

-  Boiling: 2750 C/ 4982 F/ 3023.15 K

-  Density 7.86 g/cm³

-  Oxide is rust

-  Important in maintaining good health

-  Hemoglobins contain iron

-  Gives Mars red color

-  Considered to be very masculine

Density – Mass/Volume