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Metal Whiskey And Water..... Or Something...
a: Alloy ~
b: mixing two liquids, like whisky and water
What: "An alloy is like mixing two liquids, like whisky and water. It isn't always easy to separate the metals by physical means; you could separate water from alcohol by using their different boiling points, but some metals have very high boiling points, but in principle it's possible. So alloys are mostly crystal lattices which include more than one metal, which is what gives some of them very useful properties like hardness, springiness, resistance to cracking and metal fatigue, and resistance to corrosion, as in stainless steel."
Useful?
Writer: zee_prime
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Date: Jul 15 2013 6:37 PM
# 3348 Critique Analogy
a: alloy ~
b: metals
What:
"Alloys are like metals in both properties and structure"
Useful?
Writer: Jennifer K Howell & Jennife Pitt Lainsbury
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Date: May 22 2015 11:27 AM
# 7651 Critique Analogy
a: alloy ~
b: cake
What:
"Alloys are like cake. You can't take a cake and turn it back into eggs, flour, and sugar. "
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 22 2015 11:31 AM
# 7653 Critique Analogy
a: Alloy ~
b: a chemical bond
What:
"Alloys are like a chemical bond because they have different properties than the metals that form them, Alloys are like a chemical bond because the electrons are interacting "
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 22 2015 11:33 AM
# 7654 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.