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Pig iron

Usually the first refined iron product from a smelter, subject to further refinement prior to use

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Piezoelectricity

The property exhibited by certain crystalline mineral such as quartz and tourmaline which, subjected to shock, produce a negative and positive electrically polarized end at either end of the crystal

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Pentlandite

Likely the most common nickel bearing ore, Nickel iron sulphide, (Fe,Ni)9S8

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Pick

A T-shaped, hand mining tool which has a wooden or plastic handle fitted in the centre of a steel head with sharp points on either side.

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Photon

The single particle, which in a group are responsible for electromagnetic radiation of all wavelengths, including gamma rays, x-rays, light, microwave energy, and radio waves