Definitions for base metal
base met·al

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1. base metalnoun

   a metal that is common and not considered precious

   "lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals"

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1. base metalnoun

   Any metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series that oxidizes readily.

2. base metalnoun

   The metal to be welded (rather than that used to weld).

3. base metalnoun

   A common or inexpensive metal; especially one that was hoped to be transmuted into a precious metal.

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1. Base metal

   A base metal is a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to a precious metal such as gold or silver. A long-time goal of alchemists was the transmutation of a base (low grade) metal into a precious metal. In numismatics, coins often derived their value from the precious metal content; however, base metals have also been used in coins in the past and today.

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1. base metal

   A base metal is a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to a precious metal such as gold or silver. In metallurgy, it refers to metals that can oxidize or corrode relatively easily when exposed to air or moisture, such as copper, zinc, nickel, lead, and iron. Base metals are often used as a base for plating or coating other metals in various industrial applications.

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1. Base metal

   In chemistry, the term base metal is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily, and reacts variably with diluted hydrochloric acid to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, nickel, lead and zinc. Copper is considered a base metal as it oxidizes relatively easily, although it does not react with HCl. Base is used in the sense of low-born, in opposition to noble or precious metal. In alchemy, a base metal was a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to precious metals, mainly gold and silver. A long-time goal of the alchemists was the transmutation of base metal into precious metal. In numismatics, coins used to derive their value primarily from the precious metal content. Most modern currencies are fiat currency, allowing the coins to be made of base metal. In mining and economics, base metals refers to industrial non-ferrous metals excluding precious metals. These include copper, lead, nickel and zinc. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is more inclusive in its definition. It includes, in addition to the four above, iron and steel, aluminium, tin, tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium, rhenium and thallium.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of base metal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of base metal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of base metal in a Sentence

1. Randy Smallwood:

   It is the base metal prices that drive our business opportunities, those guys still need capital. 2016 is not over yet.

2. Continuum Economics ' chief economist:

   It (the trade war) is likely to weaken demand for base metal because China has retaliated today by allowing the Chinese yuan to weaken in line with the fundamentals, going forward this means there will be more rounds of tariffs and protectionism against each other between the two largest economies, which signals lesser demand for commodities including base metals.

3. William Osler:

   Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=base metal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Base_Metal
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_Metal
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=base metal