PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Elements of Steel
This resource from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Web site, which contains both an interactive activity and illustrated text, looks at the composition of different types of steel and their impact on technology.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Elements of Steel
This interactive site allows students to explore the types of elements that compose different kinds of steel. There is also information explaining how each element affects the function of the steel.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nickel
Thorough summary of information on nickel, including alloys and environmental issues. Detailed.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Nickel
A nice collection of all sorts of information on nickel, its properties, isotopes and uses. Very informative.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Iron, Steel, and Invar
Read about the history of iron use and the many applications of steel in modern life. Learn about how iron is extracted from ore, how steel is made, and the invention of invar, an iron-nickel alloy, by physicist Charles Edouard Guillaume.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Types of Alloys and Their Uses
Looks at the composition and uses of three types of metal alloys - stainless steel, brass, and sterling silver.
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Ferrous Metals and Their Uses
Describes different alloys made with iron and what they are used for.