Design and Technology GCSE
Alloy
What Alloy means in Design and Technology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Alloy
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A material produced by combining two or more elements together, at least one of which is a metal, to improve its working properties.
A mixture of two or more elements, where at least one is a metal, created to improve the material's properties.
A mixture of two or more metals, or a metal and a non-metal, created to improve the material's properties.
Topics that use Alloy
- Metals: Design contexts (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Metals: The sources, origins, physical and working properties of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and their social and ecological footprint (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The categorisation of the types, properties and structure of ferrous and non-ferrous metals (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Ductility
- Ferrous Metal
- Non-Ferrous Metal
- Ecological Footprint
- Malleability
- Sacrificial Anode
- Sintering
- Stock Form
Using Alloy in the exam
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