Is there a limit on how many different metals can be mixed into an alloy, and what would the results of alloying many different metals together be?

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Is there a limit on how many different metals can be mixed into an alloy, and what would the results of alloying many different metals together be?

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Think of it like mixing paints.

You can mix up whatever you have on hand in whatever proportions you want – leading to infinite possiblities.

However, that doesn’t mean that all of those combinations will be useful or interesting. Mixing a ratio of 90.001%-Red to 9.999%-Blue is most likely going to be indistinguishable from the commonly-mixed combination of 90%-Red 10%-Blue. And similarly to how some paints do not mix well (think oil paints versus acrylics) some metals wont mix well and might instead clump up or separate like oil+water.