What are the advantages of alloys?

Question

What are the advantages of alloys?

Answer 1

Alloys strengthen the metal that they are mixed with.  Pure gold is very malleable but when mixed with an alloy it becomes strong enough to use/wear/  They can also reduce the overall cost of the primary metal.

Answer 2

Alloys are mixtures of one metal or different metals or elements.

Alloys are generally stronger than the metal before it was made into an ally ( if its not i see no point in making the mixture ).

In a pure metal,,, the atoms are spread apart so like  lets say that the O's are the atoms.  It is like this                

o     o     o    

o    o     o

and yeah. However, when other elements or metals are mixed, the smaller atoms GO IN BETWEEN the 2 atoms, hence making it stronger. As it is impossible to cut an atom with a saw or anything else (except LHD) it is vertually impossible to cut the alloy as there are atoms in between. If it did cut it there would be a nuclear reaction and you will die.

SO the alloy will look like this                  

O  o   O  o   O  o

o  O  o  O  o  O  o

SO the space in between the bigger atoms are filled in by the smaller atoms, making it stronger and harder ( almost impossible ) to cut.

Hope i helped.

Answer 3

You gain properties that the plain elements do not have.

Iron is soft, brittle. Steel, an alloy of iron, is strong, rustproof, etc.

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