Tag: Earth’s crust
The Discovery of Metals — A Double-Edged Sword
Why should the melting points of common metals be attainable in furnaces heated by burning carbon-based organic matter?
Metals and Life — A Balancing Act
The complementary interaction between metals and life provides yet another example of our existence relying upon multiple levels of design.
Metals: From Stars to Cells
Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus.
In Praise of Copper, a Gift from Nature
If the conductivity of copper were ten times less, wires would have to be ten times the cross-sectional area to provide the same conductivity.
Molybdenum Is Stored in Cells by a Powered Piercing Machine
The metal element 42, molybdenum, is needed in the body in extremely small but vital amounts for enzymes to work properly.
