Microalloy

Quick meaning: Microalloy is a noun meaning An alloy made with very small quantities of elements.

Meaning

An alloy made with very small quantities of elements.

More Meanings

1. An element used in very small quantities in an alloy.
2. To add elements to an alloy in much smaller quantities than normal.

Example Sentences

Today, the use of niobium as a microalloy is estimated to account for about 95% of production.

The purpose of this step is to microalloy the aluminum and gold metallizations into the silicon to insure the lowest possible contact resistance […]

For microalloys the boundary can be treated as a thin layer of the segregating element including segregating impurities. In the case of nanoalloys, the segregation pattern can involve a significant part of the whole grain.

Word Forms

• microalloys
• microalloying
• microalloyed

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