how alloying can improve a properties of matel - Science - Chemical Reactions and Equations

Question

how alloying can improve a properties of matel?

Arti Gujrati · Accepted Answer

An
alloy is made
from mixing different metals There is one base metal, its property
is improved by mixing small amount of other metal in
it 
The
pure metal
is usually
too soft
to be
useful
The other metals replace the
position of
the parent metal
in the
metal
structure,or
sometimes fit into the spaces
in the
metal structure as shown
below

Here the yellow colour and blue colour is other metals mixed with
the base metal red It prevents the sliding of metal atoms over each
other In this way mixing of metals give toughness to the alloy

Similarly other properties can be improved Like Iron is a soft and
corrosive metal By adding chromium it is made to resistant towards
corrosion Softness is improved by adding carbon Stainless steel
is an alloy of iron
(80%), chromium (15%), nickel (4%) and
carbon (0â€¢5 to 1%)
Stainless steel is strong and hard,
with a very high resistance to
corrosion
It is used for cookware, cutlery
and industrial chemical
plant