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Guess who I am?
i) I am a cheap metal but highly reactive. Therefore, I sacrifice myself to save the objects made of Iron.
ii) I am a solid solution. Dentists use me to fill cavities.

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Solution

i) Zinc is used to coat Iron to protect it.
ii) Teeth can be filled with amalgam (which consists of mercury mixed with silver, tin, zinc, and copper).

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