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- noun Plural form of
alloy . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
alloy .
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My group studied nuclear quadrupole interactions in alloys and imperfect ionic crystals, discovered the anisotropy of the Knight shift in noncubic metals, the scalar and tensor indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling in metals and insulators, the existence of different temperatures of the Zeeman, exchange and dipolar energies in ferromagnetic relaxation, and a variety of cross relaxation phenomena.
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But to learn about the properties of nickel and its compounds and alloys is useless unless, as I have said, the interested potential customer is able to buy the material he needs in the form he needs from conveniently located sources, of supply.
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The term alloys refers to a combination of two or more metals.
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He discussed the splitting of atomic energy levels when an atom is inserted into a crystal, he did some work on the theory of metals, and especially he developed a theory of the order and disorder in alloys.
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Iron and steel and their alloys are the most generally used of the metals.
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The combinations of metals with each other are called alloys; thus brass is an alloy of copper and zinc; bronze, of copper and tin, &c.
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The company said Friday the alloys are a new class of materials that can be used in making fan blades or low pressure compressor blades in jet engines or for low-weight but high-strength automotive components.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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"But, they are working with aluminium and other alloys, which is expensive, time consuming, energy intensive," said Niemoeller.
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Last year, Australia blocked a Chinese firm's bid for control of a company that was developing a mine for rare-earth elements, which are used in products such as alloys, electronics and computer monitors.
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When it occurs, it is probably derived, as Vigouroux has suggested, from "alloys" of silicon with calcium, magnesium, and aluminium in the carbide.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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