Alloys and Partial Miscibility

In contrast to the highly immiscible cases considered above, we may also consider the limit of A/B solids that are completely miscible in all proportions, leading to solid solution or 

Alloy formation is of great technological importance. Indeed, the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and other epochal historical transformations are characteristically identified with metallurgical advances in alloying. Well-known binary or ternary alloys that underlie aspects of modem life include bronze (Cu/Sn), brass (Cu/Zn), stainless steel (Fe/Ni/Cr), coinage and jewelry metals (Au/Ni, Ag/Cu), amalgams (Hg/Ag/Cu), and aluminum can material (Al/Mn), among many others. 

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