Simbi

Matare, dare, utare kana simbi (metal) dzinoonekwa nokukwanisa:

• Kupambadzirwa kuita rata.
• Kuva nehukukutu zvichireva kuti dzakasimba.
• Kuwetsuka kuita waya kana utumbu (pipe paChirungu).
• Simbi zhinji dzinonyauka pahujoto hwakakwirira kudarika 500^oC.
• Kuva nehuduma hwakakwirira - kudarika 4000 ton/cubic metre.
• Mutobvu kana chumbu (lead the metal).

Zita rekuti simbi rinowanzo shandiswavo kureva steel kana iron (Fe). Dzimwe mhando dzesimbi dzino sanganisa mhangura, ndarama ne zeng'e.

• Kudinha kana kuredzva zvinoreva kurebenutsa simbi uchiirova nenyundo - lengthing iron by hammering. Mupfuri anodinhidza simbi: a blacksmith beats out iron.
• Mbudzimbembe (Pig iron) apa kureva iron ichangobva mubisiro isina kunatswa kuenda mberi.
• Kuhubunidza (Seek rare object, or one hard to find) zvichireva kufumha kana kufuna-funa. Akaenda kundohubunidza matombo matema kurwizi: he went to search for black stones in the river.