April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

Oh tungsten’s hewn from heavy stone, while wolfram wolfs down tin,
When metals brag ’bout melting points, hands down ’twill always win!
It glows (too hot!) in bulbs of light,
Help’d Rosberg glide through bends so tight,
Its carbide ball sits primed with ink, each new word to begin.
GROUP 6 TRANSITION METAL
[hewn: past participle of the verb to hew — to cut with blows of a heavy cutting tool]
[to wolf down: verb (informal) — to eat rapidly without consideration for manners or etiquette]
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