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One could measure the melting point, electrical conductivity, specific heat capacity, or other physical property. These properties would be different between pure metal and alloy, and data could be compared with that in the literature.
Also, many other chemical possibilities exist exploiting the reactivity difference of individual elements. (eg boiling in NaOH would dissolve Al but not Fe).
If one had access to a spectrometer, one could easily and accurately determine composition.
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