Alloys Flashcards

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Why are alloys harder than it pure metal?

A

in pure metal layers of atoms can slide over each other easily
in an alloy the different sized atoms disrupts the structure
which prevents layers sliding over each other as easily

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What is an alloy?

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a mixture of two (or more) elements, one of which is a metal

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