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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Alloy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Encyclopedia Wikipedia provides the definition of the term, "Alloy," and then offers hyperlinks to special alloys. The information is very brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.
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Other

Tony's Home Page: Metals Used in Coins and Medals

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of metals and alloys used in the coin and medal manufacturing industry.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Metals

For Students 1st - 9th
Kid's learn about the science and chemistry of Metals. Types, alloys, and the properties of metal.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Karl Alexander Muller

For Students 9th - 10th
In their search for new superconductors, Swiss theoretical physicist Karl Alexander Muller and his young colleague, J. Georg Bednorz, abandoned the metal alloys typically used in superconductivity research in favor of a class of oxides...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Properties of Steel

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the properties of steel and some interesting facts about it.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Mild Steel Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what mild steel is, their properties, and their uses.
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Other

Ductile Iron Society: Ductile Iron Data for Design Engineers

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Ductile Iron Society web site. Data for the elasticity and strength of ductile iron are discussed. The effect of temperature upon yield strength, elongation (i.e., strain), and ultimate tensile strength are represented in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Maize Cobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Inka visual expression often incorporated more naturalistic forms in small-scale metal objects. This silver alloy corncob sculpture is one example of this type of object. View pictures and read about this-form of Incan art.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Roman Coin

For Students 9th - 10th
The so-called Republican, the earliest coinage, began at an early period of Roman history, and subsisted till about 80 B.C. Its standard metal was copper or bronze, an alloy of copper. - Chambers, 1881