Question

Give example for alloys

Answer 1

Alloy is a mixture of metals or a mixture of a metal and another element. Some alloys are

• BRASS : (Copper + Zinc)
• BRONZE: (Copper (88%) + Tin (12%) )

1. 1. Regular Bronze (Copper + Tin)
   2. Aluminium Bronze (Aluminum + Copper + Tin)

• GOLD ALLOYS:

1. 1. Jewellery-grade Gold (Copper + Gold)
   2. Electrum (Gold+ Silver)
   3. Rose Gold (Gold+ Copper (more than gold) + Zinc)
   4. White Gold (Gold+ Nickel+ Palladium + Magnesuim)
   5. Rhodite (Rhodium + Gold)

• NICHROME (Nickel + Chromium)
• MAGNANIN (Copper+ Manganese + Nickel)
• CONSTANTAN (Copper + Nickel)
• SOLDER (Tin + Lead + Antimony)
• FERNICO (Iron + Nickel + Cobalt)
• PEWTER (Tin + Copper + Antimony + Bismuth)
• DURALUMIN ( Aluminium + Copper)
• PHOSPHOR BRONZE (Copper + Tin + Phosphorus)

The most common and important alloy:

• STEEL- Steel is an alloy of Iron and Carbon with either or all of these elements: manganese, nickel, chromium, molybdenum, boron, titanium, silicon, vanadium, tungsten, cobalt, and niobium.