base metal
Example Sentences
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Aluminum remains MS’s preferred base metal owing to production losses in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
You can call cobalt a base metal, or stick it with uranium in special metals.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Pairing these metal oxides with a conductive carbon network improves electron movement and prevents the particles from clumping together, which is a frequent issue in conventional base metal catalysts.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025
The copper mining company fell as prices for the base metal slipped.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
Of course ‘made to work’ is a slippery concept: plenty of alchemists thought they had seen base metal turn into gold, and plenty of doctors thought they had cured their patients through bloodletting.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
