Excerpt from Alloys and Their Industrial Applications
There has been some difference of opinion as to the origin of the word alloy, but according to roberts-austen it is derived from the Latin word alligo (ad ligo), to bind to, and refers to the union or binding together of the metals constituting the alloy.
From the earliest times alloys were produced accidentally by the simultaneous reduction of mixtures of metallic ores, but there is litt...
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