Alloying

Alloying:

Bonding two or more metals together to create improved properties (e.g. Duralumin)

• Heated until both metals are liquid and then mixed together before allowing it to cool
• Large proportion of metal melted first

Advantages	Disadvantages
Improved properties Different Alloys have different advantages, refer to Materials - Metals for more information	Different melting points of metal can cause one metal to boil away Different Alloys have different disadvantages, refer to Materials - Metals for more information

Examples of Alloys:

• Steel (all types) - Iron, Carbon
• Brass - Copper, Zinc
• Bronze - Copper, Tin
• Duralumin - Aluminium, Copper

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