nanoalloy

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noun

An alloy consisting of dispersed nanoparticles of two or more metals.

OriginEnglish alloy ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos) →
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Meanings

nounnanoalloy (plural nanoalloys)

plural nanoalloys

  1. An alloy consisting of dispersed nanoparticles of two or more metals.

    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.

    2020, Florent Calvo, Nanoalloys: From Fundamentals to Emergent Applications, page 194
verbnanoalloy (third-person singular simple present nanoalloys, present participle nanoalloying, simple past and past participle nanoalloyed)

present singular third person nanoalloys · participle present nanoalloying · participle past nanoalloyed · past nanoalloyed

  1. To produce an alloy of this kind.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishalloy
  5. Englishnanoalloy

From nano- + alloy.

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Chicago

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