This is a list of named alloys grouped alphabetically by the metal with the highest percentage. 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
Alkali intermetallics
Sodium–potassium alloy
Aluminum
AA-8000: used for electrical building wire in the U.S. per the National Electrical Code, replacing AA-1350. Al–Li (2.45% lithium): aerospace applications, including the Space Shuttle Alnico (nickel, cobalt): used for permanent magnets Aluminium–Scandium (scandium) Birmabright (magnesium, manganese): used in car bodies, mainly used by Land Rover cars. Devarda's alloy (45% Al, 50% Cu, 5% Zn): chemical reducing agent. 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. Ni-Ti-Al (nickel 50%, titanium 40%, aluminium 10%), also called Nitinol 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% aluminium)
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) Ferrochrome (iron)
Cobalt
Elgiloy (cobalt, chromium, nickel, iron, molybdenum, manganese, carbon)[Cr-Co-Ni] Megallium (cobalt, chromium, molybdenum) Stellite (chromium, tungsten, carbon) Talonite (tungsten, molybdenum, carbon) Ultimet (chromium, nickel, iron, molybdenum, tungsten) Vitallium (chromium, molybdenum)
Copper
Aluminium bronze (aluminium) Devarda's alloy (aluminium, zinc) Duralumin (aluminium) Nordic gold (aluminium, zinc, tin, nickel) Arsenical copper (arsenic) Beryllium copper/spring copper (0.5–3% beryllium, 99.5%–97% copper) Billon (silver) CuSil (silver) Dymalloy (silver, carbon) Brass (zinc) see also Brass §Brass types for longer list Brastil (silicon, zinc, aluminium?) Calamine brass (zinc) Chinese silver (zinc, cobalt, nickel, silver) Dutch metal (zinc) Gilding metal (zinc) Muntz metal (zinc) Pinchbeck (zinc) Pomponne (zinc, tin) Prince's metal (zinc) Tombac (zinc) Bronze (tin, or other heavy metals) Arsenical bronze (arsenic, tin) Bell metal (tin) Bismuth bronze (bismuth) Cymbal alloys (tin) Florentine bronze (aluminium or tin) Gunmetal (tin, zinc) Phosphor bronze (tin, phosphorus) Silicon bronze (tin, arsenic, silicon) Speculum metal (tin) White bronze (tin, zinc) Colored gold (gold) Auricupride (Cu3Au) Corinthian bronze (gold, silver) Guanín (gold, silver) Hepatizon/black bronze (gold, silver) Red gold (gold) Rose gold (gold, silver) Shakudo (gold) Tumbaga (gold) Cupronickel (nickel) Constantan (nickel) Cunife (nickel, iron) Manganin (manganese, nickel) Melchior (nickel); high corrosion resistance, used in marine applications in condenser tubes Nickel silver (nickel, zinc) Tungum (nickel, silicon, aluminium, zinc) Copper hydride (hydrogen) Copper–tungsten (tungsten) Glucydur (beryllium, iron) Leaded copper/molybdochalkos (lead) Tellurium copper (tellurium)
Gallium
AlGa (aluminium, gallium) Galfenol (iron) Galinstan (indium, tin)
Gold
See also notes below Colored gold (silver, copper) Crown gold (silver, copper) Electrum (silver) Purple gold (aluminium) Goloid Rhodite (rhodium) Rose gold (copper) Tumbaga (copper) White gold (nickel, palladium)
Indium
Field's metal (bismuth, tin)
Iron
Most iron alloys are steels, with carbon as a major alloying element.
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 (20–30% chromium, 4–7.5% aluminium); used in heating elements, including e-cigarettes Kovar (nickel, cobalt) Spiegeleisen (manganese, carbon, silicon) Staballoy (stainless steel) (manganese, chromium, carbon) - see also Uranium below Steel (carbon) (Category:Steels) Bulat steel Chromoly (chromium, molybdenum) Crucible steel Damascus steel Ducol 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 Wrought iron
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
Manganese
MN40, used in a foil for brazing MN70, used in a foil for brazing Ferromanganese Spiegeleisen
Mercury
Amalgam Ashtadhatu
Nickel
Alloy 230 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) Inconel 686 (chromium, molybdenum, tungsten) Invar 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, sulfur, phosphorus, silicon) Coin silver (nickel)
Platinum
Platinum-iridium
Plutonium
Plutonium–aluminium Plutonium–cerium Plutonium–cerium–cobalt Plutonium–gallium (gallium) Plutonium–gallium–cobalt Plutonium–zirconium
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 Ferrocerium (cerium, iron) Neodymium magnets, another strong permanent magnet SmCo (cobalt); used for permanent magnets in guitar pickups, headphones, satellite transponders, etc. Scandium hydride (hydrogen) Lanthanum-nickel alloy (nickel)
Rhodium
Pseudo palladium (rhodium–silver alloy)
Silver
Argentium sterling silver (copper, germanium) Billon Britannia silver (copper) Doré bullion (gold) Dymalloy (copper, metal matrix composite with diamond) Electrum (gold) Goloid (copper, gold) Platinum sterling (platinum) Shibuichi (copper) Sterling silver (copper) Tibetan silver (copper)
Titanium
Beta C (vanadium, chromium, others) Grade 5 Titanium (aluminium, vanadium) [Ti-6Al-4V] Gum metal (niobium, tantalum, zirconium, oxygen); used in spectacle frames, precision screws, etc. Titanium carbide (carbon) [Ti-C] Titanium gold (gold) Titanium hydride (hydrogen) Titanium nitride (nitrogen)
Tin
Babbitt (copper, antimony, lead; used for bearing surfaces) Britannium (copper, antimony) 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. Lead free solder (copper, silver)
Tungsten Carboloy (cobalt)
Uranium
Staballoy (depleted uranium with other metals, usually titanium or molybdenum). See also Iron above for Staballoy (stainless steel). Uranium hydride (hydrogen) Mulberry (alloy) (niobium, zirconium)
Zinc
Zamak (aluminium, magnesium, copper) Electroplated zinc alloys
See also Complex metallic alloys Heusler alloy, a range of ferromagnetic alloys (66% copper, cobalt, iron, manganese, nickel or palladium) High-entropy alloys Intermetallic compounds List of brazing alloys Pot metal; inexpensive casting metal of non-specific composition
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