What is an alloy?

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i need 3 examples and a usage for each!!!

i dont need my home work done for me, thats not all i have to do, just i cant find a website!!!

Answer 1

An alloy is a combination, either in solution or compound, of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resulting material has metallic properties. An alloy with two components is called a binary alloy; one with three is a ternary alloy; one with four is a quaternary alloy. The resulting metallic substance generally has properties significantly different from those of its components.

Stainless Steel = Mix of Nickel, Iron, Chromium - Stainless Steel is used in Building Materials, Kitchen Utensils etc.

Duralmin = Mix of Copper and Aluminum - Duralmin is used to make Airship frames, Precision Tools.

White Gold = Mix of Gold and Silver ( or Palladium). - Used to make Jewelery etc.

Answer 2

An alloy is a combination, either in solution or compound, of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resulting material has metallic properties. An alloy with two components is called a binary alloy; one with three is a ternary alloy; one with four is a quaternary alloy. The resulting metallic substance generally has properties significantly different from those of its components.


Steel used in building. Stainless steel used in making sinks and appliances. Wrought iron used in making fences and decrative items.

Answer 3

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An alloy is a combination, either in solution or compound, of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resulting material has metallic properties. An alloy with two components is called a binary alloy; one with three is a ternary alloy; one with four is a quaternary alloy. The resulting metallic substance generally has properties significantly different from those of its components.


Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0.02% and 1.7% by weight.Alloys are usually designed to have properties that are more desirable than those of their components. For instance, steel is stronger than iron, one of its main elements. It 'inherits' some of the characteristics of the elements it was made from, usually physical properties like density, reactivity and electrical and thermal conductivity. However, its engineering properties (Tensile strength, Young's modulus, shear strength) can be vastly different from its constituent materials. Among other factors, this is due to the differing sizes of the atoms in the alloy - larger atoms exert a compressive force on neighbouring atoms, and smaller atoms will exert a tensile force on their neighbours. Unlike a pure metal, where the atoms are more free to move, this helps the alloy resist deformation.

Unlike pure metals, most alloys do not have a single melting point. Instead, they have a melting range in which the material is a mixture of solid and liquid phases. The temperature at which melting begins is called the solidus, and that at which melting is complete is called the liquidus. However, for most pairs of elements, there is a particular ratio which has a single melting point, and this is called a eutectic mixture.

In practice, some alloys are used so predominantly with respect to their base metals that the name of the primary constituent is also used as the name of the alloy. For example, 14 carat (58%) gold is an alloy of gold with other elements. Similarly, the silver used in jewellery and the aluminium used as a structural building material are also alloys.

The term "alloy" is sometimes used in everyday speech as a synonym for "aluminium alloy"; one example of such usage is the "alloy wheels" which might be fitted to an automobile. (This usage is obviously indefinite, since all steels and most other metals in practical use are also alloys.)

Answer 4

What Is An Alloy

Answer 5

its a mixture of 2 or more than 2 metals. I think an alloy cannot rust.

Answer 6

Alloy Noun

1. a metallic material, such as steel, brass, or bronze, consisting of a mixture of two or more metals or of metallic elements with nonmetallic elements. Alloys often have physical properties markedly different from those of the pure metals
2. something that impairs the quality or reduces the value of the thing to which it is added
3. verb (transitive) to add (one metal or element to another metal or element) to obtain a substance with a desired property
4. to debase (a pure substance) by mixing with an inferior element
5. to diminish or impair
History: C16: from Old French aloi a mixture, from aloier to combine, from Latin alligare, from ligare to bind

Answer 7

An alloy is the unified form of two or more different substances of metal
like tin and copper which makes brass

Answer 8

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What is an alloy?
i need 3 examples and a usage for each!!!

Answer 9

someone needs there homework done for them....



OK....Solder... tin and lead... used for joining metals as a low heat weld.

Steal. A mixture of Iron and carbon, and other elements.... Used for soooo many applications that I can't list them all. Let's just say building material. Strong building material.

and there are literally hundreds of aluminum alloys. Used all over the place. Like alloy wheels.
Hope that helps...

Answer 10

a substance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and a nonmetal intimately united usually by being fused together and dissolving in each other when molten
metal

a compound, mixture, or union of different things
an ethnic alloy of many peoples