Metal Alloys From A to Z

An alloy is a material made by melting one or more metals together with other elements. This is an alphabetical list of alloys grouped according to the base metal of the alloy. Some alloys are listed under more than one element, since the composition of the alloy may vary such that one element is present in a higher concentration than the others.

• AA-8000: used for building wire
• Al-Li (aluminum, lithium, sometimes mercury)
• Alnico (aluminum, nickel, copper)
• Duralumin (copper, aluminum)
• Magnalium (aluminum, 5% magnesium)
• Magnox (magnesium oxide, aluminum)
• Nambe (aluminum plus seven other unspecified metals)
• Silumin (aluminum, silicon)
• Zamak (zinc, aluminum, magnesium, copper)
• Aluminum forms other complex alloys with magnesium, manganese, and platinum.

• Wood's metal (bismuth, lead, tin, cadmium)
• Rose metal (bismuth, lead, tin)
• Field's metal
• Cerrobend

• Megallium
• Stellite (cobalt, chromium, tungsten or molybdenum, carbon)
• Talonite (cobalt, chromium)
• Ultimet (cobalt, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, iron, tungsten)
• Vitallium

• Arsenical copper
• Beryllium copper (copper, beryllium)
• Billon (copper, silver)
• Brass (copper, zinc)
• Calamine brass (copper, zinc)
• Chinese silver (copper, zinc)
• Dutch metal (copper, zinc)
• Gilding metal (copper, zinc)
• Muntz metal (copper, zinc)
• Pinchbeck (copper, zinc)
• Prince's metal (copper, zinc)
• Tombac (copper, zinc)
• Bronze (copper, tin, aluminum, or any other element)
• Aluminum bronze (copper, aluminum)
• Arsenical bronze (copper, arsenic)
• Bell metal (copper, tin)
• Florentine bronze (copper, aluminum, or tin)
• Glucydur (beryllium, copper, iron)
• Guani­n (likely a manganese bronze of copper and manganese with iron sulfides and other sulfides)
• Gunmetal (copper, tin, zinc)
• Phosphor bronze (copper, tin, phosphorus)
• Ormolu (Gilt Bronze) (copper, zinc)
• Speculum metal (copper, tin)
• Constantan (copper, nickel)
• Copper-tungsten (copper, tungsten)
• Corinthian bronze (copper, gold, silver)
• Cunife (copper, nickel, iron)
• Cupronickel (copper, nickel)
• Cymbal alloys (Bell metal) (copper, tin)
• Devarda's alloy (copper, aluminum, zinc)
• Electrum (copper, gold, silver)
• Hepatizon (copper, gold, silver)
• Heusler alloy (copper, manganese, tin)
• Manganin (copper, manganese, nickel)
• Nickel silver (copper, nickel)
• Nordic gold (copper, aluminum, zinc, tin)
• Shakudo (copper, gold)
• Tumbaga (copper, gold)

• Galinstan (gallium, indium, tin)

• Electrum (gold, silver, copper)
• Tumbaga (gold, copper)
• Rose gold (gold, copper)
• White gold (gold, nickel, palladium, or platinum)

• Field's metal (indium, bismuth, tin)

• Steel (carbon)
• Stainless steel (chromium, nickel)
• AL-6XN
• Alloy 20
• Celestrium
• Marine grade stainless
• Martensitic stainless steel
• Surgical stainless steel (chromium, molybdenum, nickel)
• Silicon steel (silicon)
• Tool steel (tungsten or manganese)
• Bulat steel
• Chromoly (chromium, molybdenum)
• Crucible steel
• Damascus steel
• HSLA steel
• High speed steel
• Maraging steel
• Reynolds 531
• Wootz steel
• Iron
• Anthracite iron (carbon)
• Cast iron (carbon)
• Pig iron (carbon)
• Wrought iron (carbon)
• Fernico (nickel, cobalt)
• Elinvar (nickel, chromium)
• Invar (nickel)
• Kovar (cobalt)
• Spiegeleisen (manganese, carbon, silicon)
• Ferroalloys
• Ferroboron
• Ferrochrome (chromium)
• Ferromagnesium
• Ferromanganese
• Ferromolybdenum
• Ferronickel
• Ferrophosphorus
• Ferrotitanium
• Ferrovanadium
• Ferrosilicon

• Antimonial lead (lead, antimony)
• Molybdochalkos (lead, copper)
• Solder (lead, tin)
• Terne (lead, tin)
• Type metal (lead, tin, antimony)

• Magnox (magnesium, aluminum)
• T-Mg-Al-Zn (Bergman phase)
• Elektron

• Amalgam (mercury with just about any metal except platinum)

• Alumel (nickel, manganese, aluminum, silicon)
• Chromel (nickel, chromium)
• Cupronickel (nickel, bronze, copper)
• German silver (nickel, copper, zinc)
• Hastelloy (nickel, molybdenum, chromium, sometimes tungsten)
• Inconel (nickel, chromium, iron)
• Monel metal (copper, nickel, iron, manganese)
• Mu-metal (nickel, iron)
• Ni-C (nickel, carbon)
• Nichrome (chromium, iron, nickel)
• Nicrosil (nickel, chromium, silicon, magnesium)
• Nisil (nickel, silicon)
• Nitinol (nickel, titanium, shape memory alloy)

• KLi (potassium, lithium)
• NaK (sodium, potassium)

• Mischmetal (various rare earths)

• Argentium sterling silver (silver, copper, germanium)
• Billon (copper or copper bronze, sometimes with silver)
• Britannia silver (silver, copper)
• Electrum (silver, gold)
• Goloid (silver, copper, gold)
• Platinum sterling (silver, platinum)
• Shibuichi (silver, copper)
• Sterling silver (silver, copper)

• Britannium (tin, copper, antimony)
• Pewter (tin, lead, copper)
• Solder (tin, lead, antimony)

• Beta C (titanium, vanadium, chromium, other metals)
• 6al-4v (titanium, aluminum, vanadium)

• Staballoy (depleted uranium with titanium or molybdenum)
• Uranium may also be alloyed with plutonium

• Brass (zinc, copper)
• Zamak (zinc, aluminum, magnesium, copper)

• Zircaloy (zirconium, tin, sometimes with niobium, chromium, iron, nickel)