List of named alloys

List of named alloys
This is a list of named alloys grouped alphabetically by base metal. Within these headings, the alloys are also grouped alphabetically. Some of the main alloying elements are optionally listed after the alloy names.
Alloys by base metal
Aluminium
AA-8000: used for electrical building wire in the U.S. per the National Electrical Code, replacing AA-1350.
Al–Li (2.45% lithium): aerospace applications, including the Space Shuttle
Alnico (nickel, cobalt): used for permanent magnets
Aluminium–Scandium (scandium)
Birmabright (magnesium, manganese): used in car bodies, mainly used by Land Rover cars.
Devarda's alloy (45% Al, 50% Cu, 5% Zn): chemical reducing agent.
Duralumin (copper)
Hiduminium or R.R. alloys (2% copper, iron, nickel): used in aircraft pistons
Hydronalium (up to 12% magnesium, 1% manganese): used in shipbuilding, resists seawater corrosion
Italma (3.5% magnesium, 0.3% manganese): formerly used to make coinage of the Italian lira
Magnalium (5-50% magnesium): used in airplane bodies, ladders, pyrotechnics, etc.
Ni-Ti-Al (Titanium 40%, Aluminum 10%), also called Nital
Y alloy (4% copper, nickel, magnesium)
Aluminium also forms complex metallic alloys, like β–Al–Mg, ξ'–Al–Pd–Mn, and T–Al3Mn.
Beryllium
Lockalloy (62% Beryllium, 38% Aluminium)
Bismuth
Bismanol (manganese); magnetic alloy from the 1950s using powder metallurgy
Cerrosafe (lead, tin, cadmium)
Rose metal (lead, tin)
Wood's metal (lead, tin, cadmium)
Chromium
Chromium hydride (hydrogen)
Nichrome (nickel)
Ferrochrome (iron)
CrNi60WTi, a stainless steel alloy of chromium, nickel, 60 percent tungsten and titanium formed under electro-slag remelting (ESR) or vacuum arc remelting (VAR) conditions
Cobalt
Elgiloy (cobalt, chromium, nickel, iron, molybdenum, manganese, carbon)
Megallium (cobalt, chromium, molybdenum)
Stellite (chromium, tungsten, carbon)
Talonite (tungsten, molybdenum, carbon)
Ultimet (chromium, nickel, iron, molybdenum, tungsten)
Vitallium (cobalt, chromium, molybdenum)
Copper
Arsenical copper (arsenic)
Beryllium copper (0.5-3% Beryllium, 99.5%-97% Copper) (beryllium)
Billon (silver)
Brass (zinc) see also Brass §Brass types for longer list
Calamine brass (zinc)
Chinese silver (zinc)
Dutch metal (zinc)
Gilding metal (zinc)
Muntz metal (zinc)
Pinchbeck (zinc)
Prince's metal (zinc)
Tombac (zinc)
Bronze (tin, aluminium or other element)
Aluminium bronze (aluminium)
Arsenical bronze (arsenic, tin)
Bell metal (tin)
Florentine bronze (aluminium or tin)
Glucydur (beryllium, iron)
Guanín (gold silver)
Gunmetal (tin, zinc)
Phosphor bronze (tin and phosphorus)
Ormolu (zinc)
Silicon bronze (tin, arsenic, silicon)
Speculum metal (tin)
White bronze (tin, zinc)
Constantan (nickel)
Copper hydride (hydrogen)
Copper–tungsten (tungsten)
Corinthian bronze (gold, silver)
Cunife (nickel, iron)
Cupronickel (nickel)
CuAg (silver)
Cymbal alloys (tin)
Devarda's alloy (aluminium, zinc)
Hepatizon (gold, silver)
Manganin (manganese, nickel)
Melchior (nickel); high corrosion resistance, used in marine applications in condenser tubes
Nickel silver (nickel)
Nordic gold (aluminium, zinc, tin)
Shakudo (gold)
Tumbaga (gold)
Gallium
Al Ga (aluminium, gallium)
Galfenol (iron)
Galinstan (indium, tin)
Gold
See also notes below
Colored gold (silver, copper)
Crown gold (silver, copper)
Electrum (silver)
Rhodite (rhodium)
Rose gold (copper)
Tumbaga (copper)
White gold (nickel, palladium)
Indium
Field's metal (bismuth, tin)
Iron
Most iron alloys are steels, with carbon as a major alloying element.
Elinvar (nickel, chromium)
Fernico (nickel, cobalt)
Ferroalloys (:Category:Ferroalloys)
Ferroboron
Ferrocerium
Ferrochrome
Ferromagnesium
Ferromanganese
Ferromolybdenum
Ferronickel
Ferrophosphorus
Ferrosilicon
Ferrotitanium
Ferrouranium
Ferrovanadium
Invar (nickel)
Cast iron (carbon)
Pig iron (carbon)
Iron hydride (hydrogen)
Kanthal (20–30% chromium, 4–7.5% aluminium); used in heating elements, including e-cigarettes
Kovar (nickel, cobalt)
Spiegeleisen (manganese, carbon, silicon)
Staballoy (stainless steel) (manganese, chromium, carbon) - see also Uranium below
Steel (carbon) (:Category:Steels)
Bulat steel
Chromoly (chromium, molybdenum)
Crucible steel
Damascus steel
Ducol
Hadfield steel
High-speed steel
Mushet steel
HSLA steel
Maraging steel
Reynolds 531
Silicon steel (silicon)
Spring steel
Stainless steel (chromium, nickel)
AL-6XN
Alloy 20
Celestrium
Marine grade stainless
Martensitic stainless steel
Alloy 28 or Sanicro 28 (nickel, chromium)
Surgical stainless steel (chromium, molybdenum, nickel)
Zeron 100 (chromium, nickel, molybdenum)
Tool steel (tungsten or manganese)
Silver steel (US:Drill rod) (manganese, chromium, silicon)
Weathering steel ('Cor-ten') (silicon, manganese, chromium, copper, vanadium, nickel)
Wootz steel
Lead
Molybdochalkos (copper)
Solder (tin)
Terne (tin)
Type metal (tin, antimony)
Magnesium
Elektron
Magnox (0.8% aluminium, 0.004% beryllium); used in nuclear reactors
T-Mg–Al–Zn (Bergman phase) is a complex metallic alloy
Manganese
MN40, used in a foil for brazing
MN70, used in a foil for brazing
Mercury
Amalgam
Ashtadhatu
Nickel
:Category: Nickel alloys
Alnico (aluminium, cobalt); used in magnets
Alumel (manganese, aluminium, silicon)
Brightray (20% chromium, iron, rare earths); originally for hard-facing valve seats
Chromel (chromium)
Cupronickel (bronze, copper)
Ferronickel (iron)
German silver (copper, zinc)
Hastelloy (molybdenum, chromium, sometimes tungsten)
Inconel (chromium, iron)
Inconel 686 (chromium, molybdenum, tungsten)
Monel metal (copper, iron, manganese)
Nichrome (chromium)
Nickel-carbon (carbon)
Nicrosil (chromium, silicon, magnesium)
Nimonic (chromium, cobalt, titanium), used in jet engine turbine blades
Nisil (silicon)
Nitinol (titanium, shape memory alloy)
Magnetically "soft" alloys
Mu-metal (iron)
Permalloy (iron, molybdenum)
Supermalloy (molybdenum)
Brass (copper, zinc, manganese)
Nickel hydride (hydrogen)
Stainless steel (chromium, molybdenum, carbon, manganese, sulphur, phosphorus, silicon)
Coin silver (nickel)
Plutonium
Plutonium–aluminium
Plutonium–cerium
Plutonium–cerium–cobalt
Plutonium–gallium (gallium)
Plutonium–gallium–cobalt
Plutonium–zirconium
Potassium
NaK (sodium)
KLi (lithium)
Rare earths
Mischmetal (various rare earth elements)
Terfenol-D (terbium, dysprosium, and iron), a highly magnetostrictive alloy used in portable speakers such as the SoundBug device
Ferrocerium (cerium, iron)
Neodymium magnets, another strong permanent magnet
SmCo (cobalt); used for permanent magnets in guitar pickups, headphones, satellite transponders, etc.
Scandium hydride (hydrogen)
Lanthanum-nickel alloy (nickel)
Rhodium
Pseudo palladium (rhodium–silver alloy)
Silver
Argentium sterling silver (copper, germanium)
Billon
Britannia silver (copper)
Doré bullion (gold)
Dymalloy (copper, metal matrix composite with diamond)
Electrum (gold)
Goloid (copper, gold)
Platinum sterling (platinum)
Shibuichi (copper)
Sterling silver (copper)
Tibetan silver (copper)
Sodium
NaK (potassium)
Titanium
6al–4v (aluminium, vanadium)
Beta C (vanadium, chromium, others)
Gum metal (niobium, tantalum, zirconium, oxygen); used in spectacle frames, precision screws, etc.
Titanium hydride (hydrogen)
Titanium nitride (nitrogen)
Titanium gold (gold)
Tin
Babbitt (copper, antimony, lead; used for bearing surfaces)
Britannium (copper, antimony)
Pewter (antimony, copper)
Queen's metal (antimony, lead, and bismuth)
Solder (lead, antimony)
Terne (lead)
White metal, (copper or lead); used as base metal for plating, in bearings, etc.
Uranium
Staballoy (depleted uranium with other metals, usually titanium or molybdenum). See also Iron above for Staballoy (stainless steel).
Uranium hydride (hydrogen)
Zinc
Zamak (aluminium, magnesium, copper)
Electroplated zinc alloys
See also
Complex metallic alloys
Heusler alloy, a range of ferromagnetic alloys (66% copper, cobalt, iron, manganese, nickel or palladium)
High-entropy alloys
Intermetallic compounds
List of brazing alloys
Pot metal; inexpensive casting metal of non-specific composition
Notes
References
Alloys