Element of the Day

Scandium

used in sports equipment and aerospace

Titanium

A component of joint replacement parts

Vanodium

Found in jet engines and high speed air-frames

Chromium

Used for playing on cars and bicycles

Manganese

Strengthens steel and prevents oxidation

Iron

Single largest use is to make steel

Cobalt

Used as blue coloring in ink

Nickel

25% of this in nickel

Copper

Third most consumed industrial metal in the world

Zinc

Pennies are made of mostly this element