There are a number differences between structural metal and fiber-reinforced composites.

Tin is the usual main structural metal of the alloy.

Other structural metals such as aluminium and copper, do not have a distinct limit and will eventually fail even from small stress amplitudes.

The two most commonly used structural metals, iron and aluminium, are also the most abundant metals in the Earth's crust.

With the exception of structural metals, such as steel, all structural materials creep over time.

Magnesium is the third most commonly used structural metal, following iron and aluminium.

Magnesium is the lightest structural metal.

Jewett et al. reports the results of tensile tests carried out on several structural metals under high-pressure molecular hydrogen environment.

A hundred years did not affect the structural metals and material of a building made under the rigid Isher regulations.

This forces the structural metal to be cathodic, thus spared corrosion.