alloy
Fused metallic mixture
An alloy is a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, typically to achieve properties superior to the pure metals alone: Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
Steel alloys iron with carbon.
By extension, alloy can mean any mixture that dilutes purity: pleasure without alloy.
To alloy is to mix metals or, figuratively, to diminish something by addition: Joy alloyed with sorrow.
Copper-tin alloy
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- pewterTin-based tableware alloy
- solderFusible bonding alloy
amalgam · nichrome · alnico · duralumin · electrum · babbitt · gunmetal · cupronickel
Reddish-brown metallic element
aluminum · chromium · manganese · molybdenum · cobalt · titanium · tungsten · vanadium
Extracting metal from ore
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- quenchingRapid cooling process
forging · casting · extrusion · sintering · carburizing · refining · homogenization · deoxidation
Combine into mixture
- mixtureCombined but unbonded substances
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- fusionJoining into unity
- amalgamationUniting into one
synthesis · compound · hybrid · composite · admixture · intermixture · meld · merger
Ability to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- weldabilityEase of fusion joining
- machinabilityEase of machining
toughness · brittleness · elasticity · conductivity · density · workability · formability · durability
bronze
Copper-tin alloy
solder · amalgam · nichrome · alnico · duralumin · electrum · babbitt · gunmetal · cupronickel · ferroalloy
copper
Reddish-brown metallic element
iron · aluminum · chromium · manganese · molybdenum · cobalt · titanium · tungsten · vanadium · silicon
smelting
Extracting metal from ore
quenching · forging · casting · extrusion · sintering · carburizing · refining · homogenization · deoxidation · degassing
blend
Combine into mixture
- mixtureCombined but unbonded substances
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- fusionJoining into unity
amalgamation · synthesis · compound · hybrid · composite · admixture · intermixture · meld · merger · union
ductility
Ability to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- weldabilityEase of fusion joining
machinability · toughness · brittleness · elasticity · conductivity · density · workability · formability · durability
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, molecule, chemistry
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- steelmakingblast furnace, molten steel, steel production, basic oxygen furnace, steel mills
- bronzebronze casting, bronzeware, bronze sculpture, bronze tools, bronzesmith
- Metal Processingsmelting, melting, refining, casting, extrusion
- mintingcoinage, minter, coiner, mintmarks, die maker
alloyelement
Basic substance or factor
component · constituent · ingredient · base metal · noble metal
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- copper alloysMetals mixed with Cu
- alloy wheelWheel cast from blended metals
- iron alloysMetals mixed with iron
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