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It is used in dental braces and glasses.
Nannie Keeling
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∙ 13y agoThe main benefit of alloys is that they have different properties to the substances that they are made of. For example, steel is much stronger than iron, and can resist rusting for much longer, making it a much more useful material than iron for most purposes.
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What are the typical uses of lead?
Lead uses:- alloying element- material for pipes- ballast- radiation shielding- bullets- batteries- electrodesetc.
What does 14k 1k on a charm mean?
Means the ratio of gold to the other alloying metals. Pure gold is too soft for most uses.
What is the alloying process?
Here is a link to a description of the alloying process for a generic alloy production method.
What uses dose this element nickel have outside of the medical field?
Nickel is an important alloying component for steel an other metals; nickel is used also as coating.
Alloying with which metal iron gets fatigue resistance?
There is no one single answer to your question as various alloying materials will achieve this. There are also various forms of fatigue failure, for instance thermal and bending, which will be affected by what alloying material is present.
An alloying agent in steel and an active?
Zirconium is said to be an active component of poison ivy. It is also an alloying agent of steel. Zircon is the mineral from which zirconium is extracted.
What two properties of gold can be altered by alloying?
gold
Why do you need nickel for?
It's primarily used for alloying.
Is stainless steel a nonalloy steel?
Stainless steel is an Alloy steel because it contains chromium as an alloying element - steels without alloying elements are called carbon steels.
Is iron used for making steel?
yes. steel is an alloy in which major alloying element are iron and carbon along with other minor alloying element such as zinc, chromium etc .
Why arsenic is used in ships?
Arsenic can be an alloying component for bronze.
Is a foil a element?
It is quite pure but does have traces of alloying metal in
