What Are Some Common Kinds of Alloy?
bronze clock image by Kostyantyn Ivanyshen from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5997179/fotolia2574868XS_Full.jpg’); }); The alloy bronze is commonly used in decorative items. An alloy is a solid mixture of two or more metallic elements (although in some cases non-metals can also be incorporated). In general, alloys are used to increase the strength, the corrosion-resistance or another specific aspect of a base metal. Some of the most common kinds of alloys include those derived from iron, copper, gold, platinum and aluminum. Iron Alloys A number of different alloys are made from iron (Fe), all of which try to increase iron’s strength while simultaneously decreasing its tendency to rust. One of the most common and historically significant alloys of iron is steel, which is used in screws, nails and support beams, and revolutionized t
