Definition 2

alloy

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A material exhibiting a specific, predictable arrangement of atoms within a crystal lattice.

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Quartz is a solid solution exhibiting a specific, predictable arrangement of atoms within a crystal lattice.
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Andrew NovickOct 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM UTCDefinition 2 · revision 1 · imported

Dumb.

Andrew NovickOct 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM UTCDefinition 2 · revision 1 · imported

Alloys do not need to be metals. They're just a solid solution between crystalline materials. The level of disorder needs to be greater than that which can be expressed using defect theory. In the dilute limit, defects do not interact, but in alloys, they do!