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An alloy is a type of metal (specifically, it's a solid solution of dissimilar metals). All alloys are metal, but not all metals are alloys ... pure metals (pure gold or pure copper, for example) are not alloys.

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An alloy is a mixture of two or more metals. Alloys are made as they may have usefull properties than the original starting metals.

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