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amalgam (chemistry)
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Amalgam (chemistry)
An
amalgam
is an
alloy
of
mercury
with another
metal
. Almost all metals can form amalgams with mercury, the notable exceptions being
iron
,
platinum
,
tungsten
, and
tantalum
.
Silver
-mercury
amalgams
are important in
dentistry
, and
gold
-mercury amalgam is used in the
extraction of gold
from
ore
.
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