Alloy

Alloy

A mixture of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.

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alloy

Energy; Geothermal

A substance made of two or more metals, or a metal and one or more non-metals, that has mostly metallic properties. Alloys are often created to improve the properties of metals ...

alloy

Mechanical equipment; General technical terms

a partial or complete solid solution of one or more elements in a metallic matrix

alloy

Chemistry; Analytical chemistry

A metal that is made of a mixture of metal and another chemical element. Steel is an alloy made of iron and carbon.

alloy

Electronic components; Switches

A metal created by combining two or more metals to obtain a specific physical property

alloy

Manufacturing; Plastic injection molding

A term used in the plastics industry to denote blends of polymers or copolymers with other polymers or elastomers. - i.e. ABS/Polycarbonate.

Annex I countries

Natural environment; Climate change

The industrialised countries (and countries in transition to a market economy) which took on obligations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Their ...

Annex II

Natural environment; Climate change

Countries which have a special obligation under the Kyoto Protocol to provide financial resources and transfer technology to developing countries. This group is a sub-section of ...

Aosis

Natural environment; Climate change

The Alliance of Small Island States comprises 42 island and coastal states mostly in the Pacific and Caribbean. Members of Aosis are some of the countries likely to be hit hardest ...

The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)

Natural environment; Climate change

The Fourth Assessment Report produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in 2007. The report assessed and summarised the climate change situation ...

Bali action plan

Natural environment; Climate change

A plan drawn up at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, in December 2007, forming part of the Bali roadmap. The action plan established a working group to define a long-term ...

Bali roadmap

Natural environment; Climate change

A plan drawn up at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, in December 2007, to pave the way for an agreement at Copenhagen in 2009 on further efforts to reduce greenhouse gas ...