if you mixed every metal that is known to man into one sheet how tough whould it be
2006-08-19 20:40:19 · 11 answers · asked by ziegler910 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
If you mixed every metal known to man into one sheet it would burst into flame. It wouldn't be tough at all, it would only exist as metal oxides.
You need to understand that metals like sodium will burst into flame if you expose them to normal air. The heat from burning sodium is more than enough to ignite metals like magnesium. The heat from burning magnesium is more than enough to ignite metals like aluminium. The heat from burning aluminium is enough to ignite metals like iron.
Congratulations, you have just created a sheet of thermite. Good going.
I get the impresison that you don't understand what a metal actually is, or just how reactive the vast majority of metals are.
2006-08-19 20:48:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Metals can be:
a) so reactive they would react with air in an exothermic reaction releasing enough heat to ignite the air around us (but not sodium)
b) radioactive and hence decay (some really fast)
c) not all that stable (some only exists for less than 1 second [see (b)]
d) liquid at room temp. (Hg - Mercury)
plus a host of other reasons causing the sheet to be imipossible.
2006-08-19 20:52:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The many different atoms of metal would disrupt the orderly pattern of metal cations, resulting in the formation of a very tough alloy that is difficult to change shape. In other words, yes, it would become very, very tough. =)
2006-08-19 20:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by Stinkey S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not too tough if you cooked it in water at 600 degrees F for about four billion years.
2006-08-19 20:52:58 · answer #4 · answered by mcmustang1992 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Weak. It would corrode from the inside out. Galvanic corrosion.
Might be able to make some kind of battery from it though.
2006-08-22 03:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by postaljack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the ratios of the various metals .... if it
was almost iron, and just fractions of percent of the rest ..
if all kep at a low enough temerature ....
just dunno ..
but "proportions" are very important ...
as is temperature
and how would you measure "tough"?
there are turbine blades which are very "tough"
in terms of able to withstand high-temperature, but if you tried to pry open a padlock, they would shatter
too loose of a definition IMO
2006-08-19 20:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too tough to imagine.
2006-08-19 20:45:23 · answer #7 · answered by Jesse! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not very because some elements balance out so it would probably go into one type so molecule so iono
2006-08-19 20:45:42 · answer #8 · answered by Dum Spiro Spero 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how much of each you mix
2006-08-20 01:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't mix mercury with other!! can you???
2006-08-19 20:48:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋