Amalgam

(noun.) a combination or blend of diverse things; 'his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas'.

(noun.) an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams.

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• Dissolve the amalgam in the acid and then add the alcohol. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• They are coiners on a large scale, and have used the machine to form the amalgam which has taken the place of silver. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Their alchemy was closely associated with metallurgy, the making of alloys and amalgams, and th e handicrafts of the goldsmiths and silversmiths. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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