amalgam

混合物

汞合金

amalgam

[采矿]汞合金, 汞齐

amalgam

1. 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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2. a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"

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