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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Common and inexpensive metal</div> <p>A <b>base metal</b> is a common and inexpensive <a href="/wiki/Metal" title="Metal">metal</a>, as opposed to a <a href="/wiki/Precious_metal" title="Precious metal">precious metal</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> or <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Numismatics" title="Numismatics">numismatics</a>, coins often derived their value from the precious metal content; however, base metals have also been used in coins in the past and today.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specific_definitions">Specific definitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Base_metal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Specific definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In contrast to <a href="/wiki/Noble_metal" title="Noble metal">noble metals</a>, base metals may be distinguished by <a href="/wiki/Oxidation" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxidation">oxidizing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Corrosion" title="Corrosion">corroding</a> relatively easily and reacting variably with diluted <a href="/wiki/Hydrochloric_acid" title="Hydrochloric acid">hydrochloric acid</a> (HCl) to form <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a>. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">zinc</a>. <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">Copper</a> is also considered a base metal because it oxidizes relatively easily, although it does not react with HCl. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> and <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, the term base metals refers to industrial <a href="/wiki/Non-ferrous_metals" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-ferrous metals">non-ferrous metals</a> excluding <a href="/wiki/Precious_metals" class="mw-redirect" title="Precious metals">precious metals</a>. These include <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">zinc</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection" title="U.S. Customs and Border Protection">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</a> agency is more inclusive in its definition of commercial base metals. 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