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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

What is an alloy? Give an example?

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10 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Boss
10 Years ago
no one has mentioned this but an alloy is a SOLUTION of two or more metals, it may be hard to understand since we refer to solutions as liquids but lets say we melt down zinc and copper and mix them properly it will on cooling for an alloy.
some examples are given by others so give them credit for it
like magnelium - as the name suggests made of magnesium and aluminuim- used for making balances.
 
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer10 Years ago
An alloy is a mixture of metals or a mixture of a metal and another element. Alloys are defined by metallic bonding character. An alloy may be a solid solution of metal elements (a single phase) or a mixture of metallic phases (two or more solutions).For example, steel is stronger than iron, its primary element. The electrical and thermal conductivity
Profile image of PRAPULPODISHETTI
10 Years ago
An intimate mixture having physical properties similar to that of the metal, formed by a metal with other metals or metalloid or sometimes  a nonmetal, is called a alloy.
Example:
  1.    Brass(copper and zinc).
  2.    Bronze (Cu+Sn).
Profile image of KUNCHAM SAMPATH
10 Years ago
Alloy Definition: An alloy is a substance made by melting two or more elements together, at least one of them a metal. An alloy crystallizes upon cooling into a ...

Some familiar examples of alloys include brass, bronze, pewter, cast

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10 Years ago
  1. brass
     
  2. An example of an alloy is the tin in the mixture of copper and tin that makes bronze. An alloy is a fusion of a two or more metals or of metals with non-metals. An example of an alloy is brass, which is made fromcopper and zinc.
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10 Years ago
An alloy is a mixture of metals or a mixture of a metal and another element. Alloys are defined by metallic bonding character. An alloy may be a solid solution of metal elements (a single phase) or a mixture of metallic phases (two or more solutions).For example, steel is stronger than iron, its primary element. The electrical and thermal conductivity
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10 Years ago
Alloy Definition: An alloy is a substance made by melting two or more elements together, at least one of them a metal. An alloy crystallizes upon cooling into a ...

Some familiar examples of alloys include brass, bronze, pewter, cas

Profile image of RAKESH CHINDAM
10 Years ago
Alloy:Brass, bronze, and steel are all alloys. A material made of two or more metals, or of a metal and another material. For example, brass is an alloy of copper and zinc; steel is an alloy of iron and carbon.

 
Profile image of SEELA YUVARAJU
10 Years ago
alloy:brass,bronze and steel are all alloys.a meterial made of two or more metals,or of a metal and another material.
for example:brees is an alloy of copper
Profile image of SAI SARDAR
10 Years ago
a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.
An example of an alloy is the tin in the mixture of copper and tin that makes bronze. An alloy is a fusion of a two or more metals or of metals with non-metals. An example of an alloy is brass, which is made from copper and zinc.
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10 Years ago
alloy is the mixture of two or more metals or one metal and other element in alloy one metal must be there example of alloy is zinc amalgam
Profile image of E.Nandhini ketha
8 Years ago
                              alloy described as a "mixture of metals".
e.g,brass(copper and zinc) , steel , bronze(tin and copper) etc.,