Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 7 compound words that contain alloys. The most common are listed below. Open alloys in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- magnesium alloysplural of magnesium alloy: Any solid solution of magnesium with aluminium, zinc, manganese, silicon, zirconium etc that has a low specific gravity and is used in aircraft manufacture, etc.
- titanium alloysplural of titanium alloy: Any alloy of titanium and a metal or nonmetal
- shape memory alloysplural of shape memory alloy: Any of a group of metallic materials that can return to a previously defined shape, after being deformed, by being heated.
- high-entropy alloysplural of high-entropy alloy: a type of metallic alloy containing not one dominant element, but multiple major elements, with a single crystalline structure and existing in a single phase
- Heusler alloysplural of Heusler alloy: Any of a class of magnetic intermetallic compounds with face-centered cubic crystal structure and a composition of XYZ (half-Heuslers) or X2YZ (full-Heuslers), where X and Y are transition metals and Z is in the …
- skin forming alloysplural of skin forming alloy: An alloy that has a narrow solidification range, usually less than 50 °C.
- ternary alloysplural of ternary alloy: An alloy containing three metals or other elements
- eutectic alloysplural of eutectic alloy: A mixture of metals having a melting point lower than that of any of its components. Examples are lead-tin solder, cast-iron (a eutectic mixture of iron and carbon), copper-silver eutectic (silver solder).
- pyrophoric alloysplural of pyrophoric alloy: An alloy, especially one of iron or cerium, that emits sparks when scratched or struck.
Compound words 7
- superalloysplural of superalloy: Any of several high-performance alloys that are resistant to high temperatures.
- ferroalloysplural of ferroalloy: Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the …
- bioalloysplural of bioalloy: Any biocompatible alloy.
- Graphalloysplural of Graphalloy: Any of a group of metal-impregnated graphite materials, commonly used for self-lubricating plain bearings or electrical contacts.
- microalloysplural of microalloy: An alloy made with very small quantities of elements.
- nanoalloysplural of nanoalloy: An alloy consisting of dispersed nanoparticles of two or more metals.
- permalloysplural of permalloy: Any of a class of nickel/iron alloys that have a high magnetic permeability.