

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.