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Purpose of Making Alloys

Metals are commonly used in their pure form, but this results in the loss of desirable properties. Alloys are made to enhance properties like tensile strength, hardness, corrosion resistance, and colors. Alloys are created by mixing metals or adding non-metals to pure metals. Common alloying elements added to improve properties include carbon to iron for strength, chromium and nickel to iron for corrosion resistance, and tin or zinc to copper for hardness.

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Purpose of Making Alloys

Metals are commonly used in their pure form, but this results in the loss of desirable properties. Alloys are made to enhance properties like tensile strength, hardness, corrosion resistance, and colors. Alloys are created by mixing metals or adding non-metals to pure metals. Common alloying elements added to improve properties include carbon to iron for strength, chromium and nickel to iron for corrosion resistance, and tin or zinc to copper for hardness.

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Purpose of Making Alloys

1. Metals are used in various fields like in construction of structures, making of various
machines used in small scale and large scale industry etc.
2. But as discussed earlier metals are extracted in their purest form and this result in
the loss of some of the vital properties of metal. Which is totally undesirable
3. This loss in the properties like tensile strength, hardness etc are improved by mixing
metal with some other metal or non metal.
4. Thus making alloys helps us to enhance the desired properties of pure metal
5. Generally the following properties of metals are improved by employing the alloying
process.
1)
2)
3)
4)

Colours
Tensile Strength
Corrosion Resistance
Hardness
Improvement in characteristics

Sr.
No
.
1

Characteristics

Main Metal

Alloying Elements

Hardness

Pure Lead

Arsenic (0.5%)
Copper

Hardness of lead improves and it


is used to make bullets

Pure Gold

Copper

Ornaments of gold are prepared


as hardness of gold improves

Pure Iron

Carbon (1.5%)

Pure Copper

Tin, Zinc

Tensile Strength

Pure Iron

Carbon (1%)

Corrosion
Resistance

Pure Iron

Chromium, Nickel

Modification in Properties of
Main metal

To make steels with greater


hardness
Alloy is harder than pure copper
Ten times increase in tensile
strength of iron
The alloy does not get corroded,
not only by moisture but even in
acids

Cast ability

Pure Lead

Tin, Antimony

Cast ability of this alloy improves


and hence it is used in making
printing type

Colours

Silver (White)

Gold (Yellow)

The alloy is purple coloured

Silver (White)

Tin (White)

Copper (Red)

Zinc (Silvery white)

The alloy is yellow coloured

Aluminium
(Silvery white)

Zinc (Silvery white)

The alloy is golden yellow in


colour

The alloy is pink coloured

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