Utente:Pierantonio Gratarol/List of alloys

This is a list of named alloys grouped alphabetically by base metal. Within these headings, the alloys are also grouped alphabetically. Some of the main alloying elements are optionally listed after the alloy names.

Alloys by base metal

Aluminium

AA-8000: used for electrical building wire in the U.S. per the National Electrical Code, replacing AA-1350.^[1]
Al–Li (2.45% lithium): aerospace applications, including the Space Shuttle
Alnico (nickel, cobalt): used for permanent magnets
Birmabright (magnesium, manganese): used in car bodies, mainly used by Land Rover cars.
Duralumin (copper)
Hiduminium or R.R. alloys (2% copper, iron, nickel): used in aircraft pistons
Hydronalium (up to 12% magnesium, 1% manganese): used in shipbuilding, resists seawater corrosion
Italma (3.5% magnesium, 0.3% manganese): formerly used to make coinage of the Italian lira
Magnalium (5-50% magnesium): used in airplane bodies, ladders, pyrotechnics, etc.
Scandium–aluminium (scandium)
Y alloy (4% copper, nickel, magnesium)

Aluminium also forms complex metallic alloys, like β–Al–Mg, ξ'–Al–Pd–Mn, and T–Al₃Mn.

Beryllium

Lockalloy (62% Beryllium, 38% Aluminum) ^[2]

Bismuth

Bismanol (manganese); magnetic alloy from the 1950s using powder metallurgy
Cerrosafe (lead, tin, cadmium)
Rose metal (lead, tin)
Wood's metal (lead, tin, cadmium)

Chromium

Chromium hydride (hydrogen)
Nichrome (nickel)

Cobalt

Megallium
Stellite (chromium, tungsten, carbon)
- Talonite
Ultimet (chromium, nickel, iron, molybdenum, tungsten) ^[3]
Vitallium

Copper

Arsenical copper
Beryllium copper (beryllium)
Billon (silver)
Brass (zinc) see also Brass §Brass types for longer list
- Calamine brass (zinc)
- Chinese silver (zinc)
- Dutch metal (zinc)
- Gilding metal (zinc)
- Muntz metal (zinc)
- Pinchbeck (zinc)
- Prince's metal (zinc)
- Tombac (zinc)
Bronze (tin, aluminium or other element)
- Aluminium bronze (aluminium)
- Arsenical bronze
- Bell metal (tin)
- Florentine bronze (aluminium or tin)
- Glucydur (beryllium, iron)
- Guanín
- Gunmetal (tin, zinc)
- Phosphor bronze (tin and phosphorus)
- Ormolu (Gilt Bronze) (zinc)
- Silicon bronze
- Speculum metal (tin)
Constantan (nickel)
Copper hydride (hydrogen)
Copper–tungsten (tungsten)
Corinthian bronze (gold, silver)
Cunife (nickel, iron)
Cupronickel (nickel)
CuSil (silver)
Cymbal alloys (Bell metal) (tin)
Devarda's alloy (aluminium, zinc)
Electrum (gold, silver)
Hepatizon (gold, silver)
Manganin (manganese, nickel)
Melchior (nickel); high corrosion resistance, used in marine applications in condenser tubes
Molybdochalkos (lead)
Nickel silver (nickel)
Nordic gold (aluminium, zinc, tin)
Shakudo (gold)
Tumbaga (gold)

Gallium

Al Ga (aluminium, gallium)
Galfenol (iron)
Galinstan (indium, tin)

Gold

Colored gold (silver, copper)
Crown gold (silver, copper)
Electrum (silver, gold)
Rhodite (rhodium)
Rose gold (copper)
Tumbaga (copper)
White gold (nickel, palladium)

Indium

Field's metal (bismuth, tin)

Iron

Elinvar (nickel, chromium)
Fernico (nickel, cobalt)
Ferroalloys (Category:Ferroalloys)
- Ferroboron
- Ferrocerium
- Ferrochrome
- Ferromagnesium
- Ferromanganese
- Ferromolybdenum
- Ferronickel
- Ferrophosphorus
- Ferrosilicon
- Ferrotitanium
- Ferrouranium
- Ferrovanadium
Invar (nickel)
Cast iron (carbon)
Pig iron (carbon)
Iron hydride (hydrogen)
Kanthal (alloy) (20–30% chromium, 4–7.5% aluminium); used in heating elements, including e-cigarettes
Kovar (nickel, cobalt)
Spiegeleisen (manganese, carbon, silicon)
Staballoy (stainless steel) (managanese, chromium, carbon) - see also #Alloys of uranium below
Steel (carbon) (Category:Steels)
- Bulat steel
- Chromoly (chromium, molybdenum)
- Crucible steel
- Damascus steel
- Hadfield steel
- High speed steel
  - Mushet steel
- HSLA steel
- Maraging steel
- Reynolds 531
- Silicon steel (silicon)
- Spring steel
- Stainless steel (chromium, nickel)
  - AL-6XN
  - Alloy 20
  - Celestrium
  - Marine grade stainless
  - Martensitic stainless steel
  - Alloy 28 or Sanicro 28 (nickel, chromium)
  - Surgical stainless steel (chromium, molybdenum, nickel)
  - Zeron 100 (chromium, nickel, molybdenum)
- Tool steel (tungsten or manganese)
  - Silver steel (US:Drill rod) (manganese, chromium, silicon)
- Weathering steel ('Cor-ten') (silicon, manganese, chromium, copper, vanadium, nickel)
- Wootz steel

Lead

Molybdochalkos (copper)
Solder (tin)
Terne (tin)
Type metal (tin, antimony)

Magnesium

Elektron
Magnox (0.8% aluminium, 0.004% beryllium); used in nuclear reactors
T-Mg–Al–Zn (Bergman phase) is a complex metallic alloy

Mercury

Amalgam

Nickel

Category: Nickel alloys
Alnico (aluminium, cobalt); used in magnets
Alumel (manganese, aluminium, silicon)
Brightray (20% chromium, iron, rare earths); originally for hard-facing valve seats
Chromel (chromium)
Cupronickel (bronze, copper)
Ferronickel (iron)
German silver (copper, zinc)
Hastelloy (molybdenum, chromium, sometimes tungsten)
Inconel (chromium, iron)
Monel metal (copper, iron, manganese)
Nichrome (chromium)
Nickel-carbon (carbon)
Nicrosil (chromium, silicon, magnesium)
Nimonic (chromium, cobalt, titanium), used in jet engine turbine blades
Nisil (silicon)
Nitinol (titanium, shape memory alloy)
Magnetically "soft" alloys
- Mu-metal (iron)
- Permalloy (iron, molybdenum)
- Supermalloy (molybdenum)
- Brass (copper, zinc, manganese)
  - Nickel hydride (hydrogen)
  - Stainless steel (chromium, molybdenum, carbon, manganese, sulphur, phosphorus, silicon)
  - Coin silver (nickel)

Plutonium

Plutonium–aluminium
Plutonium–cerium
Plutonium–cerium–cobalt
Plutonium–gallium (gallium)
Plutonium–gallium–cobalt
Plutonium–zirconium

Potassium

NaK (sodium)
KLi (lithium)

Rare Earths

Mischmetal (various rare earth elements)
Terfenol-D (terbium, dysprosium, and iron), a highly magnetostrictive alloy used in portable speakers such as the SoundBug device

Rhodium

Pseudo palladium (rhodium–silver alloy)

Samarium

SmCo (cobalt); used for permanent magnets in guitar pickups, headphones, satellite transponders, etc.

Scandium

Scandium hydride (hydrogen)

Silver

Argentium sterling silver (copper, germanium)
Billon
Britannia silver (copper)
Doré bullion (gold)
Electrum (gold)
Goloid (copper, gold)
Platinum sterling (platinum)
Shibuichi (copper)
Sterling silver (copper)
Tibetan silver (copper)

Sodium

NaK (potassium)

Titanium

6al–4v (aluminium, vanadium)
Beta C (vanadium, chromium, others)
Gum metal (niobium, tantalum, zirconium, oxygen); used in spectacle frames, precision screws etc.
Titanium hydride (hydrogen)
Titanium nitride (nitrogen)
Titanium gold (gold)

Tin

Babbitt (copper, antimony, lead; used for bearing surfaces)^[4]
Britannium (copper, antimony)[1]
Pewter (antimony, copper)
Queen's metal (antimony, lead, and bismuth)
Solder (lead, antimony)
Terne (lead)
White metal, (copper or lead); used as base metal for plating, in bearings, etc.

Uranium

Staballoy (depleted uranium with other metals, usually titanium or molybdenum). See also #Alloys of iron above for Staballoy (stainless steel).
Uranium hydride (hydrogen)

Zinc

Zamak (aluminium, magnesium, copper)
Electroplated zinc alloys

Zirconium

Zircaloy (tin)
Zirconium hydride (hydrogen)

Notes

^ Hunter, Christel (2006). Aluminum Building Wire Installation and Terminations, IAEI News, January–February 2006. Richardson, TX: International Association of Electrical Inspectors.
^ Hausner(1965) Beryllium its Metallurgy and Properties , University of California Press
^ haynesintl.com, http://www.haynesintl.com/alloys/alloy-portfolio_/Corrosion-resistant-Alloys/ULTIMET-alloy/nominal-compositiion Titolo mancante per url url (aiuto).
^ mayeralloys.com, http://www.mayeralloys.com/reclamation.html Titolo mancante per url url (aiuto).

References

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[1] Hunter, Christel (2006). Aluminum Building Wire Installation and Terminations, IAEI News, January–February 2006. Richardson, TX: International Association of Electrical Inspectors.

[2] Hausner(1965) Beryllium its Metallurgy and Properties , University of California Press

[3] ynesintl.com, http://www.haynesintl.com/alloys/alloy-portfolio_/Corrosion-resistant-Alloys/ULTIMET-alloy/nominal-compositiion Titolo mancante per url url (aiuto).

[4] yeralloys.com, http://www.mayeralloys.com/reclamation.html Titolo mancante per url url (aiuto).

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