alloy
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It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Carpenter offers many advantages to investors seeking companies whose competitive barriers to entry are as resistant as its nickel-based alloy Pyromet 41 External link —which withstands temperatures as high as 1500 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
SS-H2 stands out because it attacks the problem not only with a coating or catalyst, but with a new alloy design strategy that changes how stainless steel protects itself.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
It covers the early production of bronze – a copper and tin alloy – up to the first uses of iron.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
The curved nails raked Holly’s helmet, scoring parallel grooves in the alloy.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Vocabulary lists containing alloy
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