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Alloy
mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An alloy is a uniform mixture. It is made up of two or more chemical elements, of which at least one is a metal. An alloy has properties different from the metals it is made of.
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Most alloys are made by melting the metals, mixing them while they are liquid to form a solution, then leaving them to cool and turn solid again.