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Nickel alloy
Article By:
Skinner, E. N. International Nickel Company, Inc., New York, New York.
Smith, Gaylord D. High Nickel Alloys and Precious Metals Group, Product Development and Research Division, International Nickel Company, New York, New York.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.451900
A combination of one or more metals or nonmetals with nickel to produce a solid-solution or, in some cases, a nonmetallic and/or intermetallic compound. In some alloys, particulate forms of nonmetallic or intermetallic compounds are added to pure nickel or a nickel-based solid-solution phase as dispersoids. While nickel is intentionally added to other metals (such as iron for many grades of stainless steel) these are not nickel alloys, but alloys of the base metal containing nickel.
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