Subject: Alloys

From: [email-masked] (Randee Johnson)
Date: 25 Apr 1996 13:00:24 GMT

Is there a general theory of alloys? I have been casting with scrap and
find variations in die cast/pot metal scrap.  Potmetal, Al, and Copper
makes a nice material. I was wondering what the addition of tire weights
to such an alloy would have?

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From: [email-masked] (J. Kimberlin)
Date: 25 Apr 1996 16:20:50 -0700

In article <[email-masked]>,
>to such an alloy would have?

Adding tire weights would lower the melting point.

Try looking in a physics or physical chemistry book for eutectic mixtures 
and phase diagrams of metal mixtures.  There will be a general theory 
there that you can use to predict certain properties.

JerryK