1 The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia. 2  The Fugitive Slave Act made any federal official who did not arrest a runaway slave liable to pay a fine. This was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 and caused many abolitionists to increase their efforts against slavery.
What is Galvalume? GALVALUME sheet steel coating is an alloy of 55% aluminum, 1.6% silicon, and the balance of zinc by weight, this coating is approximately 80% aluminum.
Noun. 1. alkali metal-any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium); the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline. alkaline metal.