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Noun (2 meanings)
1. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten.
Example:
- “brass is an alloy of zinc and copper”
alloy is a type of:
- mixture (noun) - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
types of alloy:
- 18-karat gold (noun) - an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold
- 22-karat gold (noun) - an alloy that contains 87 per cent gold
- Alnico (noun) - trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets
- Babbitt metal, babbitt (noun) - an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony
- Britannia metal (noun) - an alloy similar to pewter
- Carboloy (noun) - an alloy based on tungsten with cobalt or nickel as a binder
- Duralumin (noun) - an aluminum-based alloy
- Inconel (noun) - a nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron
- Invar (noun) - an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion
- Stellite (noun) - a very hard alloy of cobalt and chromium with cobalt as the principal ingredient
- Wood's metal, Wood's alloy (noun) - a fusible alloy that is half bismuth plus lead, tin, and cadmium
- amalgam, dental amalgam (noun) - an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- cheoplastic metal (noun) - any alloy that fuses at low temperatures and can be used molding artificial teeth
- copper-base alloy (noun) - any alloy whose principal component is copper
- dental gold (noun) - an alloy of gold used in dentistry
- electrum (noun) - an alloy of gold and silver
- fusible metal (noun) - an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses
- heavy metal (noun) - a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead)
- nickel silver, German silver (noun) - a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel
- nickel-base alloy, nickel alloy (noun) - an alloy whose main constituent is nickel
- oroide, oreide (noun) - alloy of copper and tin and zinc
- pewter (noun) - any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
- pinchbeck (noun) - an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
- pot metal (noun) - an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots
- pyrophoric alloy (noun) - an alloy that emits sparks when struck or scratched with steel
- shot metal (noun) - an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic
- solder (noun) - an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
- steel (noun) - an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon
- sterling silver (noun) - a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper
- tombac, tombak, tambac (noun) - an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
- type metal (noun) - an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type
- white gold (noun) - a pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladium
- white metal, bearing metal (noun) - an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings
alloy is made from:
- solid solution, primary solid solution (noun) - a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals
alloy is derivationally related to:
alloy is a type of:
- impurity, impureness (noun) - the condition of being impure
Verb (2 meanings)
to alloy is a way to:
- to devalue (verb) - lower the value or quality of
to alloy is derivationally related to:
- alloy, metal (noun) - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
- debaser, degrader (noun) - a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- metallurgy (noun) - the science and technology of metals
2. make an alloy of.
to alloy