what are SMArt alloys used for?
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One is for making car body which can easily return to its original configuration anfter an accident. Usually heating of the body (e.g. by hot water) can cause it to gain its original shape.
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it depends on the material, you could have FCC, BCC, HCP and many other crystal structures, with many different substances present dependent on the alloy
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Previously cast iron was used. Now its Aluminium. Work is going on a Ti-Mg alloy.
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To answer it simply chemical engineering is used almost in all engineering disciplines - whether it is process engineering, metallurgical uses or evaluation, corrosion engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, food processing or food preservation, agriculture - pest control and pesticides etc.\n\nIt helps you achieve the right blend of properties to get the right kind of steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, aluminum, silver, gold and hundreds of other alloys that  are specifically made for certain applications to name a few.
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METALS ARE MALLEABLE AND DUCTILE INDEED THEY ARE VERY STRONG SOME METALS LIKE ALUMINIUM HAS A LOW DENSITY SO IT'S USED IN BUILDING AIRCRAFTS,IOW DENSITY COOKING UTENSILS ETC.. ALLOYS EG:STEEL IS ALSO USED IN UTENSILS ....COINS ARE ALLOYS OF NICKEL AND COPPER.....METALS USUALLY HAVE A HIGH MELTING POINT.......
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Analog integrated circuits are the most common application for gallium, with optoelectronic devices (mostly laser diodes and light-emitting diodes) as the second largest end use.\nOther uses include:\n\n    * Since it wets glass or porcelain, gallium can be used to create brilliant mirrors.\n    * Used widely as a dopant to dope semiconductors and produce solid-state devices like transistors.\n    * Gallium readily alloys with most metals, and has been used as a component in low-melting alloys. The plutonium pits of nuclear weapons employ an alloy with gallium to stabilize the allotropes of plutonium. Much research is being devoted to gallium alloys as substitutes for mercury dental amalgams, but such compounds have yet to see wide acceptance.\n    * Gallium added in quantities up to 2% in common solders can aid wetting and flow characteristics.\n    * Gallium is used in some high temperature thermometers, and a eutectic alloy of gallium, indium, and tin is widely available in fever thermometers, replacing mercury. This alloy, with the trade name Galinstan, has a freezing point of −20 °C.\n    * Magnesium gallate containing impurities (such as Mn+2), is beginning to be used in ultraviolet-activated phosphor powder.\n    * It has been suggested that a liquid gallium-tin alloy could be used to cool computer chips in place of water. As it conducts heat approximately 65 times better than water it makes a considerably better coolant. [1]\n    * Gallium salts like gallium citrate and gallium nitrate are used as radiocontrast agents in medical imaging. For these applications, a radioactive isotope such as 67Ga is used.\n    * Gallium is the rarest component of new photovoltaic compounds (such as copper indium gallium selenium sulphide or Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2, recently announced by South African researchers) for use in solar panels as an alternative to crystalline silicon, which is in currently short supply.
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Tantalum can be used to harden rubber, only it is not used for this purpose, since it is a rare metal and sulfur (which can do the same job) is much more common and less expensive. It is also used to make electrolytic capacitors.
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Zirconium is used in orthopedic medicine (1).\nYttrium 90 emits beta radiation that can kill tumor cells when tagged (2).\nHafnium is more of a health hazard due to its fine particles.\nYttrium and Scandium may be used in laser surgery or procedure (3).
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Depends on the crystal structure of the alloy they constitute
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errr, grind metals to a fine powder and mix them together and press them and you can get alloys physically impossible to make by forging.\n\numm, grind metal very fine so the oxidise and use them to make metal fires, such as "thermalite" for welding traintracks.
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Part of the downfall of USX,(US Steel) was the little companies specialized in doing high quality, specialized steel and alloys. Bethlehem steel kept wanting to make more and the old fashion way. \nLow tech side. I have heard of steel studs for houses. They are put together like an erector set. Wood business wants to steel more wood and would not have thought of doing that. I worked with a group making new wires and diffusion barriers for semiconductors. Copper is conducts faster, but diffuses more for example. Gold is used on the outside since it doesn't corrode. \nPerhaps a solar, induction furnace to melt down old cars, cans? Non Pt, catalytic converter?\nFind a need, replace something for efficiency,
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Some of the commonly used bio materials\n\n1.Synthetic materials currently in use include metal alloys, ceramics, and polymers. \n2.Metals :\na. used for load-bearing implants such hip and knee prostheses, and wires, pins, screws for fracture fixation, and also cvascular stents.\nb.pure metals have been used, but alloys offer advantages in strength nd corrosion-resistance.\nc.three major alloys include stainless steel, cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloys, and titanium alloys\nd.Selection criteria should include biocompatibility, appropriate mechanical properties, corrosion, and cost.\n\nPS:Common metals used in implants—either as pure elements or as alloys (mixture of metals)—include titanium, platinum, iridium, gold, iron (as stainless steel alloy), vanadium, cobalt, aluminum (ceramic) and zirconium (ceramic).  The advantage of alloys over metals is that the properties of the material can be fine-tuned to its application needs. Changing the elements and their concentrations present in the alloy leads to stronger, more flexible materials.\n\nFound a great site. Definitely go through it.\nhttp://biomed.tamu.edu/biomaterials/Metals.htm
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An alloy,not being a chemical compound exhibits individual properties of the combined metals .In addition certain desirable properties are gained by the alloy .
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www.alloy.com ....... yeah
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The pure type of metal and the alloy
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That depends on the alloy of steel you are talking about. The term alloy is almost always used incorrectly these days, especially amongst bicyclists. They use the term to mean aluminum. What the term alloy really means is a mixture of metals, any kind of metals. Almost all metal used today is a mixture and therefore an alloy.\n\nMost steel has other metals added to tune its properties, like strength, corrosion resistance, or ease of fabrication. Steel is just the element iron that has been processed to control the amount of carbon. Iron, out of the ground, melts at around 1510 degrees C (2750°F). Steel often melts at around 1370 degrees C (2500°F).
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Ok, you have lots of concepts.  1st, alloys are mixtures of metals, not a metal.  Second, you listed a bunch of different kinds of strength.  Stainless steel is stronger than titanium alloys for some applications.  Titanium has a SLIGHTLY higher heat capacity.  Alluminum alloys are fairly strong as well, but it's strength by weight, not strength by volume, which is what engineers need.  Not only that, but alot of metal alloys are "strong" to the point of unusable because they're not able to be shaped.