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Amalgam is an alloy having Mercury as a base metal. It may be solid or liquid.Silver-mercury amalgams are important in dentistry, and gold-mercury amalgam is used in the extraction of gold from ore. 1. an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill

cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams .

2. a combination or blend of diverse things.

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