GENERAL DESCRIPTION
An alloy is the mixture of two or more compatible metals, either naturally occurring or made by melting the two together to form a homogeneous mass. The alloy usually possesses different physical characteristics, such as hardness, malleability, and melting temperature, than its separate components.
For example, ancient gold jewelry was usually made from a deliberate mixture of gold with a smaller percentage of silver. Ancient gold artifacts that have been buried show an enriched surface because the silver and other metals in the alloy react to the acidic burial environment.
Adapted from
- Kevin Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Gallery text.
- Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, with contributions from Anne R. Bromberg and John Dennis, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 20.
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Excerpt from Kevin Tucker, wall panel, "Silver Terms"
Rule- apply to objects where medium contains alloy- reaches 317 objects.
265930762: UMO. [Caption] Wire rope made from steel, which is a metal alloy whose major component is iron. Source: Johannes 'volty' Hemmerlein, Wikimedia Commons, accessed July 18, 2016. Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic, and 1.0 Generic license. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steel_wire_rope.png
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General Description
An alloy is the mixture of two or more compatible metals, either naturally occurring or made by melting the two together to form a homogeneous mass. The alloy usually possesses different physical characteristics, such as hardness, malleability, and melting temperature, than its separate components.
For example, ancient gold jewelry was usually made from a deliberate mixture of gold with a smaller percentage of silver. Ancient gold artifacts that have been buried show an enriched surface because the silver and other metals in the alloy react to the acidic burial environment.
Adapted from
- Kevin Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Gallery text.
- Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, with contributions from Anne R. Bromberg and John Dennis, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 20.
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HAB-added content from ancient jewelry catalogue
EAS- updated this note with status, author, department, glossary, and other tags to assist in routing. Moved the note from old CC categories to new categories, August 2016.
Source (removed from Gen Description because text acts as glossary definition and glossary will not show sources.)
Excerpt from Kevin Tucker, wall panel, "Silver Terms"
Rule- apply to objects where medium contains alloy- reaches 317 objects.
265930762: UMO. [Caption] Wire rope made from steel, which is a metal alloy whose major component is iron. Source: Johannes 'volty' Hemmerlein, Wikimedia Commons, accessed July 18, 2016. Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic, and 1.0 Generic license. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steel_wire_rope.png
UMO added to note- 8/23/2016
Update- Image asset removed as non-essential to the understanding of this term. I am deleting the UMO tag from this note as well as the %PictionMW tag. (EAS 3/20/2017)
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