<P> Zinc , cadmium and mercury form a large range of alloys . Among the zinc containing ones , brass is an alloy of zinc and copper . Other metals long known to form binary alloys with zinc are aluminium , antimony , bismuth , gold , iron , lead , mercury , silver , tin , magnesium , cobalt , nickel , tellurium and sodium . While neither zinc nor zirconium are ferromagnetic , their alloy ZrZn 2 exhibits ferromagnetism below 35 K. Cadmium is used in many kinds of solder and bearing alloys , due to a low coefficient of friction and fatigue resistance . It is also found in some of the lowest - melting alloys , such as Wood 's metal . Because it is a liquid , mercury dissolves other metals and the alloys that are formed are called amalgams . For example , such amalgams are known with gold , zinc , sodium , and many other metals . Because iron is an exception , iron flasks have been traditionally used to trade mercury . Other metals that do not form amalgams with mercury include tantalum , tungsten and platinum . Sodium amalgam is a common reducing agent in organic synthesis , and is also used in high - pressure sodium lamps . Mercury readily combines with aluminium to form a mercury - aluminium amalgam when the two pure metals come into contact . Since the amalgam reacts with air to give aluminium oxide , small amounts of mercury corrode aluminium . For this reason , mercury is not allowed aboard an aircraft under most circumstances because of the risk of it forming an amalgam with exposed aluminium parts in the aircraft . </P>
<P> Zinc , cadmium and mercury form a large range of alloys . Among the zinc containing ones , brass is an alloy of zinc and copper . Other metals long known to form binary alloys with zinc are aluminium , antimony , bismuth , gold , iron , lead , mercury , silver , tin , magnesium , cobalt , nickel , tellurium and sodium . While neither zinc nor zirconium are ferromagnetic , their alloy ZrZn 2 exhibits ferromagnetism below 35 K. Cadmium is used in many kinds of solder and bearing alloys , due to a low coefficient of friction and fatigue resistance . It is also found in some of the lowest - melting alloys , such as Wood 's metal . Because it is a liquid , mercury dissolves other metals and the alloys that are formed are called amalgams . For example , such amalgams are known with gold , zinc , sodium , and many other metals . Because iron is an exception , iron flasks have been traditionally used to trade mercury . Other metals that do not form amalgams with mercury include tantalum , tungsten and platinum . Sodium amalgam is a common reducing agent in organic synthesis , and is also used in high - pressure sodium lamps . Mercury readily combines with aluminium to form a mercury - aluminium amalgam when the two pure metals come into contact . Since the amalgam reacts with air to give aluminium oxide , small amounts of mercury corrode aluminium . For this reason , mercury is not allowed aboard an aircraft under most circumstances because of the risk of it forming an amalgam with exposed aluminium parts in the aircraft . </P>
what do sodium and magnesium have in common
what do sodium and magnesium have in common
form binary alloys with zinc
form binary alloys with zinc