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Alloys are harder than the components.


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Alloys are not necessarily harder or stronger than pure metals. For example gallium and aluminum form an alloy that is extremely weak. Many of the alloys we know of are stronger than pure metals because those are the ones we find most useful. In most pure metals, there will be gaps in between atoms. In many alloys we fill in those gaps with some other type of atom, adding extra support.


What are two advantages. of using alloys instead. of pure metals?

Alloys (mixtures of metals and other elements) have different properties form pure metals.Two examples:An alloy of carbon & iron males steel which can be much harder than ironAn alloy of copper and tin makes bronze which is harder and more corrosion resistant than either of the pure metals


What are two disadvantages of using alloys instead of pure metals?

Alloys (mixtures of metals and other elements) have different properties form pure metals.Two examples:An alloy of carbon & iron males steel which can be much harder than ironAn alloy of copper and tin makes bronze which is harder and more corrosion resistant than either of the pure metals


How the tensile strength of a metal is increased by alloying?

Alloying metals make them stronger because in pure metals all the atoms are the same size and ordered but when another element is added then it makes the atoms irregular making the layers harder to shift, making it stronger.An alloy is a mixture of two elements, one of which is a metal. Alloys often have properties that are different to the metals they contain. This makes them more useful than the pure metals alone. For example, alloys are often harder than the metal they contain.Alloys contain atoms of different sizes, which distorts the regular arrangements of atoms. This makes it more difficult for the layers to slide over each other, so alloys are harder than the pure metal.


Metals include elements and alloys?

Alloys contain metals but also nonmetals.


What are three advantages of some alloys when compared to pure metals?

Alloys are sometimes more useful than pure metals because alloys are stronger - or tougher (toughness is resistance to fracture). Pure metals tend to be softer than alloys and therefore tend to get dented, scratched, or broken/fractured more easily. Alloys are often lower cost than pure metals but not necessarily so. As an example, stainless steel is more expensive than pure iron.


Why alloys are harder than pure metals?

Alloys are typically harder than pure metals because the addition of different elements in an alloy disrupts the regular arrangement of atoms in the crystal lattice structure, making it more difficult for the atoms to slide past each other. This disruption increases the strength and hardness of the material, making it more resistant to deformation or damage.


Are alloys ore of metals?

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Solid solutions of metals or non metals dissolved in metals?

Alloys


What are the components of alloys?

Metals.