Provenance: alloy

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1. Term "alloy" created

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM UTC

2. Definition 1 · revision 1 writtenColton Gerber

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM UTC

   Initial contribution A crystalline material where there is atomic disorder on at least one Wyckoff site.

3. Downvoted definition 1 · revision 1A community member

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM UTC

4. Downvoted definition 1 · revision 1A community member

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM UTC

5. Upvoted definition 1 · revision 1A community member

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM UTC

6. Comment posted on definition 1 · revision 1Colton Gerber

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC

   Alloys should only apply to materials where all atoms in the composition are able to mix with each other, i.e., any atom can be on any site.

7. Definition 2 · revision 1 generated by AIgemma3revision 6

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC

   AI-generated definition A material exhibiting a specific, predictable arrangement of atoms within a crystal lattice.

8. Upvoted AI-authored definition 2 · revision 1A community member

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC

9. Upvoted AI-authored definition 2 · revision 1A community member

   Jul 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC

10. Upvoted AI-authored definition 2 · revision 1A community member

    Jul 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC

11. Comment posted on definition 2 · revision 1Andrew Novick

    Oct 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM UTC

    Dumb.

12. Comment posted on definition 2 · revision 1Andrew Novick

    Oct 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM UTC

    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 …