alloyed metal
1Metal as money — Throughout history, various metals, some of which are considered precious today, appear to have been used as a form of currency. The Bretton Woods system, under which all major currencies were theoretically exchangeable for gold, was abolished in …
2Metal — This article is about metallic materials. For other uses, see Metal (disambiguation). Some metal pieces Metals Alkali metals …
3alloyed — al·loy || ælɔɪ n. mixture of metals; precious metal (i.e. gold or silver) mixed with an inferior metal v. mix metals; corrupt by adding other substances; reduce in value or quality …
4Pot metal — Pot metal, also known as monkey metal, white metal or die cast zinc, is a slang term that refers to alloys that consist of inexpensive, low melting point metals used to make fast, inexpensive castings. There is no scientific metallurgical… …
5Type metal — The term type metal (sometimes called hot metal ) represents a range of metal alloys that are used in traditional typefounding and mechanical typesetting. History Although the knowledge of casting soft metals in moulds was well established before …
6Hot metal typesetting — Part of a series on the History of printing Woodblock p …
7Radioactive scrap metal — is the situation when radioactive material enters the metal recycling process known as the scrap metal trade. Overview A lost source accident [P Ortiz, V Friedrich, J Wheatley and M Oresegun, [http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bu… …
8Native metal — Kondyor Mine Region Chabarowsk: native platinum nugget A native metal is any metal that is found in its metallic form, either pure or as an alloy, in nature. Metals that can be found as native deposits singly and/or in alloys include aluminium,… …
9Base metal — Base Base (b[=a]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low, fr. LL. bassus thick, fat, short, humble; cf. L. Bassus, a proper name, and W. bas shallow. Cf. {Bass} a part in music.] 1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.… …
10misch metal — /mish/ a pyrophoric alloy, containing approximately 50 percent cerium and 45 percent lanthanum, made from a mixture of various rare earth chlorides by electrolysis. [1920 25; < G Mischmetall, equiv. to misch(en) to MIX + Metall METAL] * * * ▪… …
