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What are the various alloys used in daily life? Where are those used?
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| Various alloys | Uses | |
| 1. | Bronze | Used for making coins, utensils, medals, and statues. |
| 2. | Brass | Used in making pipes, condenser tubes, utensils, and for worship items. |
| 3. | Stainless steel | Used for utensils, tools, dairy equipment, and boilers. |
| 4. | Steel | Used in the construction of bridges and buildings, and for making cutting tools and blades. |
| 5. | Tungsten steel | Used for making high-speed cutting tools. |
| 6. | Amalgam | Silver amalgam is used by dentists. |
| 7. | Duralumin | Used for making aircraft bodies, bus bodies, and kitchenware. |
| 8. | Aluminium bronze | Used as a pigment in inks and paints. |
| 9. | German silver | Used in electrical heaters and resistors. |
| 10. | Gun metal | Used for making guns and boiler fittings. |
| 11. | Magnelium | Used for making beams of scientific balances and aircraft parts. |
| 12. | Gold with copper or nickel or silver or platinum | Jewellery |
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