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· Substitutional and Interstitial solid solutions are the basis of many Alloys.

Click on the pictures below to see some examples:

 
Copper-Nickel alloys
are substitutional solid solutions over
the complete range of compositions.

copper-nickel alloy

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Low carbon steels
are interstitial solid solutions of carbon in iron.

 
 
carbon steel

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Phase diagram data shows that there 
is a solubility limit for carbon in iron.