Question

Pretend you are a prospector and a blacksmith who wants to make a belt buckle made of iron. (Your pants keep slipping downward and you have a leather belt, but no buckle.) What mineral are you looking for, and where? What are you going to do to turn your mineral into a belt buckle. (You are going to make it by yourself.) Describe every step along the way, in detail.

Answer 1

Given: I am a prospector and blacksmith.

Purpose: To make a belt buckle.

Which mineral to be used to make buckle?

Solution: According to me the only mineral coming in my mind is aluminium.

Properties:1. Bad conductor of heat and electricity. So safer.

2. Easily availability will be taken from garbage materials from outside aluminium foils, will be melted.

3. Mould will be prepared .

4. Melting temperature of aluminum is 660'C so achievable.

5. Flexibility is good and can be mended the way we want.

6. Cope and drag mould box will be prepared taking silica or clay and surrounding the mold in which melted aluminium has to be poured.

7.Gum material to be added in the silica to stick the clay.

8. Pouring the melted aluminium in the mold box as the style of buckle and use it.

9. Hence the best buckle can be prepared.