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 : aerospace applications, including the Space Shuttle
- Alnico : used for permanent magnets
- Aluminium–Scandium
- Birmabright : used in car bodies, mainly used by Land Rover cars.
- Duralumin
- Hiduminium or R.R. alloys : used in aircraft pistons
- Hydronalium : used in shipbuilding, resists seawater corrosion
- Italma : formerly used to make coinage of the Italian lira
- Magnalium : used in airplane bodies, ladders, pyrotechnics, etc.
- Ni-Ti-Al, also called Nital
- Y alloy
Beryllium
- Lockalloy
Bismuth
- Bismanol ; magnetic alloy from the 1950s using powder metallurgy
- Cerrosafe
- Rose metal
- Wood's metal
Chromium
- Chromium hydride
- Nichrome
- Ferrochrome
Cobalt
- Megallium
- Stellite
- * Talonite
- Ultimet
- Vitallium
Copper
- Arsenical copper
- Beryllium copper
- Billon
- Brass see also Brass §Brass types for longer list
- * Calamine brass
- * Chinese silver
- * Dutch metal
- * Gilding metal
- * Muntz metal
- * Pinchbeck
- * Prince's metal
- * Tombac
- Bronze
- * Aluminium bronze
- * Arsenical bronze
- * Bell metal
- * Florentine bronze
- * Glucydur
- * Guanín
- * Gunmetal
- * Phosphor bronze
- * Ormolu
- * Silicon bronze
- * Speculum metal
- Constantan
- Copper hydride
- Copper–tungsten
- Corinthian bronze
- Cunife
- Cupronickel
- CuSil
- Cymbal alloys
- Devarda's alloy
- Electrum
- Hepatizon
- Manganin
- Melchior ; high corrosion resistance, used in marine applications in condenser tubes
- Molybdochalkos
- Nickel silver
- Nordic gold
- Shakudo
- Tumbaga
Gallium
- Al Ga
- Galfenol
- Galinstan
Gold
- Antanium
- Colored gold
- Crown gold
- Electrum
- Rhodite
- Rose gold
- Tumbaga
- White gold
Indium
- Field's metal
Iron
- Elinvar
- Fernico
- Ferroalloys
- * Ferroboron
- * Ferrocerium
- * Ferrochrome
- * Ferromagnesium
- * Ferromanganese
- * Ferromolybdenum
- * Ferronickel
- * Ferrophosphorus
- * Ferrosilicon
- * Ferrotitanium
- * Ferrouranium
- * Ferrovanadium
- Invar
- Cast iron
- Pig iron
- Iron hydride
- Kanthal ; used in heating elements, including e-cigarettes
- Kovar
- Spiegeleisen
- Staballoy - see also #Alloys of uranium below
- Steel
- * Bulat steel
- * Chromoly
- * Crucible steel
- * Damascus steel
- * Ducol
- * Hadfield steel
- * High speed steel
- ** Mushet steel
- * HSLA steel
- * Maraging steel
- * Reynolds 531
- * Silicon steel
- * Spring steel
- * Stainless steel
- ** AL-6XN
- ** Alloy 20
- ** Celestrium
- ** Marine grade stainless
- ** Martensitic stainless steel
- ** Alloy 28 or Sanicro 28
- ** Surgical stainless steel
- ** Zeron 100
- * Tool steel
- ** Silver steel
- * Weathering steel
- * Wootz steel
Lead
- Molybdochalkos
- Solder
- Terne
- Type metal
Magnesium
- Elektron
- Magnox ; used in nuclear reactors
- T-Mg–Al–Zn is a complex metallic alloy
Mercury
- Amalgam
- Ashtadhatu
Nickel
- :Category: Nickel alloys
- Alnico ; used in magnets
- Alumel
- Brightray ; originally for hard-facing valve seats
- Chromel
- Cupronickel
- Ferronickel
- German silver
- Hastelloy
- Inconel
- Inconel 686
- Monel metal
- Nichrome
- Nickel-carbon
- Nicrosil
- Nimonic, used in jet engine turbine blades
- Nisil
- Nitinol
- Magnetically "soft" alloys
- * Mu-metal
- * Permalloy
- * Supermalloy
- * Brass
- ** Nickel hydride
- ** Stainless steel
- **Coin silver
Plutonium
- Plutonium–aluminium
- Plutonium–cerium
- Plutonium–cerium–cobalt
- Plutonium–gallium
- Plutonium–gallium–cobalt
- Plutonium–zirconium
Potassium
- NaK
- KLi
Rare earths
- Mischmetal
- Terfenol-D, a highly magnetostrictive alloy used in portable speakers such as the SoundBug device
- Ferrocerium
Rhodium
- Pseudo palladium
Samarium
Scandium
- Scandium hydride
Silver
- Argentium sterling silver
- Billon
- Britannia silver
- Doré bullion
- Electrum
- Goloid
- Platinum sterling
- Shibuichi
- Sterling silver
- Tibetan silver
Sodium
- NaK
Titanium
- 6al–4v
- Beta C
- Gum metal ; used in spectacle frames, precision screws, etc.
- Titanium hydride
- Titanium nitride
- Titanium gold
Tin
- Babbitt
- Britannium
- Pewter
- Queen's metal
- Solder
- Terne
- White metal, ; used as base metal for plating, in bearings, etc.
Uranium
- Staballoy. See also #Iron above for Staballoy.
- Uranium hydride
Zinc
- Zamak
- Electroplated zinc alloys