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microalloy

noun

Etymology

From micro- + alloy.

  1. derived from alligare
  2. derived from allier
  3. derived from allayer
  4. inherited from alayen
  5. prefixed as microalloy — “micro + alloy”

Definitions

  1. An alloy made with very small quantities of elements.

    • For microalloys the boundary can be treated as a thin layer of the segregating element including segregating impurities. In the case of nanoalloys, the segregation pattern can involve a significant part of the whole grain.

  2. An element used in very small quantities in an alloy.

    • Today, the use of niobium as a microalloy is estimated to account for about 95% of production.

  3. To add elements to an alloy in much smaller quantities than normal.

    • The purpose of this step is to microalloy the aluminum and gold metallizations into the silicon to insure the lowest possible contact resistance […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA