Iron is the main ingredient in various forms of iron and steel, but the various types of metals contain other elements as well. Sometimes these elements are unwanted; other times they're ...

When buying an iron, among many other choices you'll need to make, you'll need to consider if you should opt for ceramic or a ...

A metal object corrodes when it is exposed to the open air and bad weather. If the metal is iron, we call this change rusting, and the weaker, flaky brown compound that is formed is rust.

Although the production of metals has been around for an awfully long time (the Iron Age began around the eighth century B.C.), it wasn't until the late 19th century that manufacturers learned how ...