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SOME idea of the importance of the non-ferrous metals may be gained from the value of the world's annual production which, if gold is excluded, is not less than £250,000,000. Another illustration is provided by the dependence of the electrical industry on copper and of aircraft production on alummium and magnesium. The many uses of lead, nickel, tin and zinc are familiar, and the application of three of these four metals as protective coatings for steel illustrates the resistance to corrosion of nonferrous metals. The British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association thus has a wide field for its work. It is among the larger of the research associations formed soon after the Great War as part of the Government's policy of stimulating scientific research applied to industrial progress, and about one third of the Association's annual expenditure of more than £30,000 on research and related activities is still provided by Government grant.
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MOORE, H. British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association. Nature 144, 83–84 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144083a0
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