Question

what are alloys ? give example

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%) )

Regular Bronze (Copper + Tin)

Aluminium Bronze (Aluminum + Copper + Tin)

GOLD ALLOYS:

Jewellery-grade Gold (Copper + Gold)

Electrum (Gold+ Silver)

Rose Gold (Gold+ Copper (more than gold) + Zinc)

White Gold (Gold+ Nickel+ Palladium + Magnesuim)

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.

Answer 2

Alloys are the materials which are created by mixing one or two metals together to form a more resistive conductor which heats up when current is provided