Different Types of Alloys & their uses

You might see the word alloy represented as a "mixture of metals", however that is a little bit misleading as a result of some alloys contain only one metal and it's mixed in with different substances that are nonmetals (cast iron, as an example, is an alloy made of just one metal, iron, mixed with one nonmetal, carbon). the most effective way to consider an alloy is as a material that is made up of a minimum of two completely different chemical parts, one of that is a metal. the most important metallic component of an alloy (often representing 90 % or more of the material) is called the main metal, the parent metal, or the base metal.

Some common alloys & their uses

Bell metal- for casting bells, statues
Brass- in making utensils
Bronze- In making coins, bell and utensils
Delta metal- in making blades of airplane
Duralumin- for making utensils
Dutch metal- in making artificial ornaments
German silver- in making utensils
Gun metal- in making gun, barrels, gears and bearings
Munz metal- in making coins
Magnalium- For frame of airplane
Monel metal- for base containing container
Nickel steel- for making electrical wire, automobile parts
Rose metal- for making automatic fuse
Rolled gold- in making cheap ornaments
Solder- For soldering
Stainless steel- for making utensils and surgical cutlery
Type metal- in printing industry