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Alloys of metals are just mixtures of various metals in different proportions.

This is done to give the properties of one metal to the other; or properties neither possess alone.

For example, steel is stronger than iron, its base metal; brass and bronze are stronger than copper and respectively, zinc or tin, their base metals.

Mild steel is unusual, being an alloy of iron and non-metal, Carbon, which in the right proportion allows the steel to be hardened and tempered to make cutting-tools and springs. Add chromium and nickel to iron, and you have Stainless Steel, resistant to rusting.

So alloys are made for a great variety of purposes needing specific properties.

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