Amalgam at Chemical Glossary
What is it? Liquid mercury has the ability to dissolve other metals to produce alloys and these alloys are called amalgams. Amalgam examples are gold/mercury, silver/mercury and copper/mercury all of which are used in dentistry.Chemistry Definition Added By: Matthew
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