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Examples of Mixtures

Mixtures can be found everywhere. Any two or more items that are combined can be a mixture. The different parts of a mixture can be separated out into their individual parts.

Common Mixtures of Food

  • Oil and water
  • Lemon juice and tea
  • Honey and tea
  • Milk and chocolate
  • Coffee and cream
  • Cream and sugar
  • Coffee and sugar
  • Cake ingredients
  • Chocolate and water
  • Cereal and milk
  • Oatmeal and raisins
  • Cookie ingredients
  • Sand and water
  • Orange juice and grenadine
  • Sugar and water
  • Sugar and tea
  • Cinnamon and water
  • Salt and water
  • Coffee (coffee bean + water)
  • Mixed drinks (mixer + alcohol)
  • Tonic water and lime juice
  • Soda and vanilla syrup

Other Common Mixtures

  • Smog (smoke + fog)
  • Mud puddle (dirt + water)
  • Air (oxygen + nitrogen + other gasses)
  • Atom (nucleus + electrons)
  • Cement (sand + water + gravel)
  • Dirty snow (water + dirt)
  • Ocean water (water + salt)

Alloy Mixtures

While virtually any two items combined together, that can then be taken back apart through some physical means, can be a mixture, some of the most important mixtures are strong metals called alloys. These special metals are a mixture of two metals that are combined together to strengthen them.

Here is a list of alloys:

  • Al-Li (aluminum + lithium + sometimes mercury)
  • Alnico (aluminum + nickel + copper)
  • Alumel (nickel + manganese + aluminum + silicon)
  • Antimonial lead (lead + antimony)
  • Argentium sterling silver (silver + copper + germanium)
  • Arsenical copper (copper + arsenic)
  • Bergman phase (magnesium + aluminum + zinc)
  • Beryllium copper (copper + beryllium)
  • Beta C (titanium + vanadium + chromium + other metals)
  • Billon (copper + silver)
  • Brass (zinc + copper)
  • Britannia silver (silver + copper)
  • Britannium (tin + copper + antimony)
  • Chromel (nickel + chromium)
  • Chromoly (chromium + molybdenum)
  • Constantan (copper + nickel)
  • Copper-tungsten (copper + tungsten)
  • Corinthian bronze (copper + gold + silver)
  • Cunife (copper + nickel + iron)
  • Cupronickel (copper + nickel)
  • Cupronickel (nickel + bronze + copper)
  • Cymbal alloys (Bell metal) (copper + tin)
  • Devarda’s alloy (copper + aluminum + zinc)
  • Duralumin (copper + aluminum)
  • Electrum (copper + gold + silver)
  • Electrum (silver + gold)
  • Elinvar (nickel + chromium)
  • Fernico (nickel + cobalt)
  • Field’s metal (indium + bismuth + tin)
  • Galinstan (gallium + indium + tin)
  • German silver (nickel + copper + zinc)
  • Goloid (silver + copper + gold)
  • Hastelloy (nickel + molybdenum + chromium + sometimes tungsten)
  • Hepatizon (copper + gold + silver)
  • Heusler alloy (copper + manganese + tin)
  • Inconel (nickel + chromium + iron)
  • Invar (nickel + iron)
  • KLi (potassium + lithium)
  • Kovar (nickel + cobalt + iron)
  • Magnalium (aluminum + 5% magnesium)
  • Magnox (magnesium oxide + aluminum)
  • Magnox (magnesium + aluminum)
  • Manganin (copper + manganese + nickel)
  • Megallium (cobalt + chromium + molybdenum)
  • Mischmetal (various rare earths)
  • Molybdochalkos (lead + copper)
  • Monel metal (copper + nickel + iron + manganese)
  • Mu-metal (nickel + iron)
  • NaK (sodium + potassium)
  • Nambe (aluminum + seven other unspecified metals)
  • Ni-C (nickel + carbon)
  • Nichrome (chromium + iron + nickel)
  • Nickel silver (copper + nickel)
  • Nicrosil (nickel + chromium + silicon + magnesium)
  • Nisil (nickel + silicon)
  • Nitinol (nickel + titanium + shape memory alloy)
  • Nordic gold (copper + aluminum + zinc + tin)
  • Pewter (tin + lead + copper)
  • Platinum sterling (silver + platinum)
  • Rose gold (gold + copper)
  • Shakudo (copper + gold)
  • Shibuichi (silver + copper)
  • Silicon steel (steel + silicon)
  • Silumin (aluminum + silicon)
  • Solder (lead + tin)
  • Solder (tin + lead + antimony)
  • Spiegeleisen (manganese + carbon + silicon)
  • Staballoy (depleted uranium + titanium or molybdenum)
  • Stainless steel (chromium + nickel)
  • Steel (carbon + iron)
  • Stellite (cobalt + chromium + tungsten or molybdenum + carbon)
  • Sterling silver (silver + copper)
  • Talonite (cobalt + chromium)
  • Terne (lead + tin)
  • Tool steel (tungsten or manganese)
  • Tumbaga (copper + gold)
  • Type metal (lead + tin + antimony)
  • Ultimet (cobalt + chromium + nickel + molybdenum + iron + tungsten)
  • Vitallium (cobalt + chromium + molybdenum)
  • White gold (gold + nickel + palladium or platinum)
  • Zamak (zinc + aluminum + magnesium + copper)
  • Zircaloy (zirconium + tin + chromium + iron + nickel)

Now you have seen all different kinds of mixtures.

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