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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Well there’s a hard limit on the periodic table – there’s only so many different metallic elements.
More practically, you’ll want some chemical/structural synergy between the elements you’re alloying to produce a final product that has superior properties than the components.
This means you’re looking specifically for another metal that is soluble in the major component and will modify or gap fill the crystal structure just right.
Not all metals are soluble or stable in eachother, and some will separate out like oil and water or corrode if you try to blend them.
But if you just wanted a messy and useless slag of all the stable metallic elements cooled into a crispy oxidized lump of jumbled phases and crystals, sure you could do that.
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