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3) Lead
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"From miraculously clear crystal to X-ray shielding, lead has proven through the ages to be incredibly useful and versatile. Its unique properties have made lead central to technological and artistic pursuits throughout the ages, and it has been used for everything from plumbing to makeup, from printing to seasoning food. And it has poisoned countless generations of people. Tour vast mines where heavy machinery extracts and refines lead. Visit a car...
4) Copper
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Head deep into massive mines and see how this vital metal is adapted to its many uses. From mine to medicine and beyond, here is the complete world of copper.
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It can be torn with two fingers, yet is strong enough for building space ships. This video presents a wealth of fascinating information about aluminum, an endlessly versatile material. From the tip of the Washington Monument to the six-pack in a fridge, aluminum is everywhere, and though ubiquitous, it's not your everyday metal. Aluminum can be stretched, pounded, melted and even turned into foam, yet is made out of a powder. All your 'pressing' questions...
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"From diamonds to daffodils, from pencils to space shuttles, carbon is at the heart of almost everything beautiful, useful and necessary on Earth. It is the chemical foundation of life and of modern technology. Carbon burns hotter, cuts deeper, insulates more thoroughly and absorbs more fully than any other material. ... See why carbon is the key both in heavy-duty industries as well as everyday objects like the graphite pencil and the charcoal water...
8) Heavy metals
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Heavy metals--uranium, iron, lead, zinc, copper, and nickel--occupy a select portion of the periodic table. They are essential to America's economic and military might. But some of them are among the most mundane of all elements: copper, lead, zinc, and nickel. This film also looks at the superalloys--consisting of steel combined with other metals--that resist corrosion and perform increasingly elaborate functions. From Earth to space, cosmetics to...
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"Examines the following five events: a deadly explosion in Cleveland that killed 128 people in 1944; the collapse of a skywalk that killed 114 people at a Kansas City dance competition; the riveting collapse of a San Francisco mansion into a massive sinkhole; the 1931 Yangtze River floods that killed 145,000 people; and the "miracle mineral" that turned out to be an invisible killer"--Distributor Web site.
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See how development and other pressures are forever changing the strange, landlocked Salton Sea of California. In China, analyze the factors which contributed to a deadly explosion in the Sunjiwan coal mine. See how a labor-saving device used for decades exposed consumers to dangerous levels of radiation. And finally, even the most modern projects can prove disastrous, as the fate of three ironworkers killed during construction of the Milwaukee Brewers...
