A native element; antimony metal is extracted from stibnite ore and other minerals. Used as a hardening alloy for lead, especially storage batteries and cable sheaths; also used in bearing metal, type metal, solder, collapsible tubes and foil, sheet and pipes and semiconductor technology.auxite ore is the main source of aluminum and must be imported from Jamaica, Guinea, Brazil, Guyana, etc. Used in transportation (automobiles), packaging, building/construction, electrical, machinery and other uses.
This short flash animation attempts to show how the ionic bond forms in Aluminium Nitride (AlN).From www.flashscience.co.uk.1  Education.his short flash animation attempts to show how the ionic bond forms in Aluminium Nitride (AlN). From www.flashscience.co.uk. 1  Education.
This is different from ionic bonding (where no electrons are shared at all) and covalent bonding (where the bonds exist only between two atoms). A metal that you can hammer into thin sheets is malleable. Gold, silver, aluminum, iron, and copper are malleable. Non-malleable metals such as tin will break apart when struck by a hammer. A metal behaves as an array of metal ions or kernels immersed in a âseaâ of mobile valence electrons. Metallic bonds consist of the attractions of the ions to the surrounding electrons.